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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

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She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
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
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning

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