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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Accompany Average Impression Support
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
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
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
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
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
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
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

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