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 should have a good memory.

A liar should have a good memory.

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and...

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and...

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will...

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will...

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's...

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's...

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the...

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the...

To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical...

To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical...

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults...

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults...