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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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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Alone Education Father Myself Parents Possible Regard Restrict
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
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Fear Fortune Future Present
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Ambition Parent Vice Virtue
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Cost Expense Laughter Virtue
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
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Alone Light Man Rude
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Beginning Deliberate Growth
A liar should have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memory
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Gift Natural Rule Technical
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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Agriculture Profit Student Talent Work

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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