When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.Quintilian
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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