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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Honor Journey Path Safety
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Flower Imagination
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Scare Serious Trouble
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Law Limitation Strong Weakness
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Greatness Man Promise Reward
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War

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