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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.

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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Exercise Mindset Subject Vice Virtue
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
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
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
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
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
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

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