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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

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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
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
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
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
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
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
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
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Accompany Average Impression Support
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
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

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

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