The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.
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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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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
[Lat., Continuis voluptatibus vicina satietas.]
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