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It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more efficiently, but more pleasantly. This forms our manners, our opinions, our lives.
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It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own period.
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It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.
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It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
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It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1 -
It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.
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It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.
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It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
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It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
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