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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.

Quintilian

While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul
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
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Complimentary Design Laughter Raise
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
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
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
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Arrival Genius Maturity
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please

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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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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