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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.


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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.



We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.



We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.



Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.



One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.



While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.



A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.



Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.



We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.



An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.





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Before I got addicted to comedy, I was seriously thinking about playing tennis full time. I joined the tennis team and played with a lot of professionals.

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We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.



The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

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How happy is the Optimist / To whom life shows its sunny side / His horse may lose, his ship may list, / But he always sees the funny side.

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Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.

Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.




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