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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Alone Education Father Myself Parents Possible Regard Restrict
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
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune
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
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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Audience Best Big Pride Teacher Worth

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