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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.

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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
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
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
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Assistance Capacity Natural Rule

Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.

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