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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Crowd Journey Seclusion
Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Father Food Nature Poor Stranger Togetherness
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
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
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
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Admire Art Consist Greatness Life Ourselves
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Direct Eyes Mindset Reach Work
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Accompany Average Impression Support

She abounds with lucious faults.

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