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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Complimentary Design Laughter Raise
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

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