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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

Cato the Younger

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Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys.
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Art Enjoy Himself Hunt Liberty Member Society Take Understand
For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren’t right for ourselves.
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Comfort Pain People Some Suffer Without
Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
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Art Breed Company Converse External Good Internal Men Regard Show Sign
I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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Better Say Share Speak Unsaid Will
I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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Betraying Liberty People Sapping Treason
Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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Land never Sea Travel
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
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Act Anyone Art Attempt Defeat Expression Friend Heart Manner Sam Think True
The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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Close God Hold Principle Quiet Silence Tongue
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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Dependent Fool Men Wisdom Wise
Speak briefly and to the point.
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Brief Pont Speak Speech
The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, seasoned with vinegar, before dinner, and likewise after dinner eat some half-dozen leaves.
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Banquet Carbage Dine Dinner Eat Enjoy Half Lot Other Surpasses Vegetable Vegetables Wish
For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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Lord Men Over Reign Rightful Save Title Usurpation
This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Act Behold Freedom Men Tyrant
Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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Appreciation Biter Fruit Root Study Sweet Teacher
It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.
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Almost Considerable Differ Difference Differences Else Everything Men Often Remarkable Thinking

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