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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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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Advantage Hope Protection Win
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Exercise Mindset Subject Vice Virtue
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk

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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