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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.

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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
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 liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
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
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
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
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
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
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Exercise Mindset Subject Vice Virtue

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