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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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
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
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Children Himself Imitation Nurse
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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Audience Best Big Pride Teacher Worth
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk

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