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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Body Infinite Mindset Nature
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
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
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
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
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
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
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
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
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

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