That Which Offends The Ear Will Not

When We Cannot Hope To Win, It Is An Advantage To Yield.

A Mediocre Speech Supported By All The Power Of Delivery Will Be More Impressive Than The Best Speech Unaccompanied By Such Power.

That Which Offends The Ear Will Not Easily Gain Admission To The Mind.

The Pretended Admission Of A Fault On Our Part Creates An Excellent Impression.

Minds That Are Stupid And Incapable Of Science Are In The Order Of Nature To Be Regarded As Monsters And Other Extraordinary Phenomena; Minds Of This Sort Are Rare. Hence I Conclude That There Are Great Resources To Be Found In Children, Which Are Suffered To Vanish With Their Years. It Is Evident, Therefore, That It Is Not Of Nature, But Of Our Own Negligence, We Ought To Complain.