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

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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Better Born Destruction Dumb Man Neighbor Reason
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Animal Creation Faculty God Impression Nature Powerful Talk
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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Beginning Lost Mindset Opportunity Time
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Easy Mindset Teaching
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
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
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
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Complimentary Design Laughter Raise
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Assistance Capacity Natural Rule

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