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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.

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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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Benefit Forget Man Remember
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Action Himself Proud Spirit
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way

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