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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.

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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 liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
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
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
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
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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Courage Effort Mistake Severe Teacher Worth
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
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
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
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Better Born Destruction Dumb Man Neighbor Reason

Conscience is a thousand witnesses.

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