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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
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
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
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
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
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
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
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
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
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

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