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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.

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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Difficult Intelligence Nature Ourselves Way
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
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
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
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
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
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 fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Betray Care End Fake Trust
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Inspirational Reward Success Work
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.

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