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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Blind Clear Hurry Man
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Best Garden Government Rule Talk
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Dignity Freedom Man Mindset
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Betray Care End Fake Trust
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Inspirational Reward Success Work
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Bold Difficult Hope Safety
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Enemy Friendship Immortal Truth
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Fortune Herself Money Trust Wealth
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Honor Peace Respect Return
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

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