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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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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
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 sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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Ability Common Dangerous Man
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
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
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness 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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence

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