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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
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
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
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
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
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
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

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