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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
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
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Advantage Hope Protection Win
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
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
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
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
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
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

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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