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.
QUINTILIANFor all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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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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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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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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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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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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