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

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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Action Desire Eyes Glory History
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
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Bold Difficult Hope Safety
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Difficult Intelligence Nature Ourselves Way
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Abuse Quick
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
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Adversity Fortune Himself Man True
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
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity

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

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