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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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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Adopt Friendship Ourselves
Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Exception Honor Man Necessary
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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