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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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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
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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Body Infinite Mindset Nature
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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Admire Art Consist Greatness Life Ourselves
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Animal Creation Faculty God Impression Nature Powerful Talk
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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Beginning Lost Mindset Opportunity Time
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner

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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