Amuse the reader at the same time that you instruct him
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Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
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Think of the wonders uncorked by wine It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.
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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise begin.
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Whatever your advice, make it brief.
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