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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Irrevocably Literature People Word
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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Half Job Sensible
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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Fault Imperfection Poetry
A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Finger Men Perfect
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Authorship Care Write
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Love Ready Sweet
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Exercise Health Try
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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Essence Soul Yesterday
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense

Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

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