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

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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
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
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
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
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
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand

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

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