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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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