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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
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
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Better Born Destruction Dumb Man Neighbor Reason
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Alone Education Father Myself Parents Possible Regard Restrict
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Accompany Average Impression Support
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide

The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

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