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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

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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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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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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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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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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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Lately we have had many losses.
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