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A liar ought to have a good memory.

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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Assistance Capacity Natural Rule
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
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
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
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
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
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
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
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
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

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