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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Advantage Hope Protection Win
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Direct Eyes Mindset Reach Work
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
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
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 learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Crowd Journey Seclusion
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

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