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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Change Dangerous Fortune
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Arrival Genius Maturity
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
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 perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
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
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
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
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
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Beginning Herself Learning Nature Touch Virtue
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand

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