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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
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
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
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
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Agriculture Profit Student Talent Work
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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Criticism Development Imagination Mindset Promise
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
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
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories

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