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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
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
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
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
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Alone Education Father Myself Parents Possible Regard Restrict
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
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
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
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
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
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Advantage Hope Protection Win
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
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

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

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