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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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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Capacity Writing
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Easy Ideas Misery Prosperity Right
Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Death Medicine One Liner
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Art Feeling Learning Pleasure Reason Understand
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Awake Dreams Hope
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
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Difference Literature Poet Writing
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Ourselves Verse
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Complimentary Design Laughter Raise
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Appearance Fools Learning
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
Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Father Food Nature Poor Stranger Togetherness

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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