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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.

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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Animal Creation Faculty God Impression Nature Powerful Talk
Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
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 should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand
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
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
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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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
Usage is the best language teacher.
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