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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Exercise Mindset Subject Vice Virtue
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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Beginning Lost Mindset Opportunity Time
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Complimentary Design Laughter Raise
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

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