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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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Difference Literature Poet Writing
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
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
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
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
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
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
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
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
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
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

While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.

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