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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
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
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
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
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
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
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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Criticism Development Imagination Mindset Promise
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing
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
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
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope

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