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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

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A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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Courage Effort Mistake Severe Teacher Worth
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Accompany Average Impression Support
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
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
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
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
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

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

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