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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Best Garden Government Rule Talk
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Democracy Freedom People Prison Taste
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Appearance Attraction Deep Fake Wisdom
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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One Liner Perseverance Virtue
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
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 troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Scare Serious Trouble

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

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