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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
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Admire Art Consist Greatness Life Ourselves
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
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
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
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
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
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner

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