In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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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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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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