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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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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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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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