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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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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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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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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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