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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

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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
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
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
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
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
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
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

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