Quote #12

Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.

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  3. Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
  4. Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.
  5. Ex umbris et imaginibus in vertitatem!
  6. The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
  7. So living Nature, not dull Art, Shall plan my ways and rule my heart.
  8. A great memory does not make a philosopher, any more than a dictionary can be called grammar.

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