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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.

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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
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
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
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Easy Mindset Teaching
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
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories

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