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

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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
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
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
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
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
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
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
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
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
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
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

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

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