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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.

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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Body Infinite Mindset Nature
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
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
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
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
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
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
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
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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Easy Hand Oneself Power Try
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue

Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.

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