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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.

Edmund Burke

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Greatness Man Struggle
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
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Constitution Forever Freedom Mindset Passion
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Help Nerve Ourselves Strength Struggle
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Change Conservation Conversation State
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Enemy Evil Goodness Oneself
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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Appetite Liberty Man Qualification
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Domination Greatness
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Crime Death Language Talk Treason Value
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Crisis Fire Hot Moral Reserve Time
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Company Conversation Friendship Goodness Greatness Happiness Live
When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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Achievement Greatness Man Object Road View
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Grave Ourselves Treasure
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Greatness Justice Policy

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