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There are laws for peace as well as war.

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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Adversity Man One Liner Religion
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Hope Necessary War Weapon
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
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 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
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
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
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
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Forever Friendship Immortal Mortal
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason

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