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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.

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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
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune
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
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
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
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
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
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
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 liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Arrival Genius Maturity
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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Audience Best Big Pride Teacher Worth

Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.

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