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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Father Food Nature Poor Stranger Togetherness
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
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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Courage Effort Mistake Severe Teacher Worth
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Agriculture Profit Student Talent Work
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
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
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

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