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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

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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
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
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
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
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
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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Easy Hand Oneself Power Try
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
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Accompany Average Impression Support

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