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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Double Fame Hate Return
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Law Oneself Possible Satisfaction
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
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
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
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
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Action Desire Eyes Glory History
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
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Fortune Herself Money Trust Wealth
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
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

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

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