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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
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
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
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
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
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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Exercise Mindset Subject Vice Virtue
For 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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Audience Best Big Pride Teacher Worth
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Better Born Destruction Dumb Man Neighbor Reason
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

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

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