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

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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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this...

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this...

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

A liar should have a good memory.

A liar should have a good memory.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

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

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

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...

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...

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.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like...

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...