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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
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
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
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
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
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
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
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
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
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

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