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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

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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
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Body Infinite Mindset Nature
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
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
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
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Assistance Capacity Natural Rule
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Action Beginning Late
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Easy Mindset Teaching
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Advantage Hope Protection Win
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner

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