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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
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 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
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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Courage Effort Mistake Severe Teacher Worth
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
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Alone Education Father Myself Parents Possible Regard Restrict
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
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
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present

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