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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

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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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story

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