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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Generosity Herself Money Person Woman
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Poet Quick Writing Yourself
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One Liner Philosophy Religion
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Change Greatness Nature
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Deep Please
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Admission Creation Excellence Impression Pretend
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

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