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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
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
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
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
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
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
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
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

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