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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.

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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Guilty Men Mindset
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Event Greatness Spring
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
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Better God Peace Safety Victory
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Ability Domination Freedom Humble Nature People
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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Direction Feeling Loss Money Privacy
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner

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