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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Arrival Genius Maturity
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
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
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue

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

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