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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.

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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Appearance Better Comic Reason Worst Writing
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
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
Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Father Food Nature Poor Stranger Togetherness
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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Accompany Average Impression Support
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Ambition Father Vice Virtue
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
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
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand

(Slaughter) means blood and iron.

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