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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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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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Easy Hand Oneself Power Try
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Arrival Genius Maturity
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
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
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
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
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
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Advantage Hope Protection Win

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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