It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
QUINTILIAN
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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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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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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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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