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A liar must have a good memory.

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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
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
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
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
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
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
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
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
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Complimentary Design Laughter Raise
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
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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Kind Natural Oneself Separate Soul

A liar must have a good memory.

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