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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.

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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Children Himself Imitation Nurse
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
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
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
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
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
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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Easy Hand Oneself Power Try
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning

Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.

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