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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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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
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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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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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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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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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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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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