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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Arrival Lost Perfection Vanish
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Difference Evil Opportunity
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Direct Eyes Mindset Reach Work
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Different Easy Time
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Art Hide Perfection
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Admission Ear Easy Mindset Offend
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Heart Inspirational One Liner
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Easy Mindset Teaching
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
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Animal Creation Faculty God Impression Nature Powerful Talk

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

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