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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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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
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
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
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
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
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
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
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
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
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories

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