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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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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
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
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
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
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
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
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 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
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend

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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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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