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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.

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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Difficult Easy Fortune Greatness Leaving Moments
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Law Limitation Strong Weakness
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Light Move Sea Wind
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Enemy Friendship Immortal Truth
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Control Greatness Himself Intellectual Judgement Luck Moments
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Honor Journey Path Safety
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Beginning Greatness Growth Humble Transformation
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Event Greatness Spring
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth

No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.

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