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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
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
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Assistance Capacity Natural Rule
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
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
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

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