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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.

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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
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
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
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
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
She abounds with lucious faults.
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Flaw Herself
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
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Compulsion Goodness Secure Study
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope

(Slaughter) means blood and iron.

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