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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Children Himself Imitation Nurse
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Agriculture Profit Student Talent Work
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
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 soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Animal Creation Faculty God Impression Nature Powerful Talk
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
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

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

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