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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.

Quintilian

Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Happiness Pleasure Satire
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason 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
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Appearance Teaching
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Ambition Mistake Mom Virtue
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
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Experience Value
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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Courage Effort Mistake Severe Teacher Worth
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
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fast Oneself Result Writing
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Goal Perspective Possible
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Form Mindset Reading Wide

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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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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