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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
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
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
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
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
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
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory

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