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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Body Infinite Mindset Nature
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Agriculture Profit Student Talent Work
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
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
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
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
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
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue

One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

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