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A liar should have a good memory.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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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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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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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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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy.
Last Update: 5 February 2023
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