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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
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Admire Art Consist Greatness Life Ourselves
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
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
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
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Easy Mindset Teaching
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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Courage Effort Mistake Severe Teacher Worth
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
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
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

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