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Adversity reminds men of religion.

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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
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
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
This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Leaving War Weapon Word
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Blessing Funny Goodness Man Money Time
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Blind Clear Hurry Man
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Scare Serious Trouble
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Advice Care Listening Man Myself Oneself Problem Thinking
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin

Adversity reminds men of religion.

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