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

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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Alone Desire Excite Feeling Law
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
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Children Himself Imitation Nurse
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Defeat Protection Wisdom
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Agriculture Profit Student Talent Work

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