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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
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
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
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune
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
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
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
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
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality

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