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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Angry Doubt Friendship Offering Opinion
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Bond Friendship True
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Action Enjoyment Illustration Live Myself Name Opinion Pursuit True
No grief reaches the dead.
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Death Grief One Liner Reach
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Destroy Greatness Small State Thrive
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Deep Man Poor Power Seek
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Growth Old Rise
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Bad Measurement Origin
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

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