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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
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
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
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Crowd Journey Seclusion
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
Usage is the best language teacher.
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Language One Liner Teacher
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Arrival Genius Maturity

Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.

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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.

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