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

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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
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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Father Food Nature Poor Stranger Togetherness
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
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
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Alone Education Father Myself Parents Possible Regard Restrict
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom

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