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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Double Fame Hate Return
The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Best History Mindset Sick Study
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
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
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Light Move Sea Wind
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Forever Friendship Immortal Mortal
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Difficult Easy Fortune Greatness Leaving Moments
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Honor Journey Path Safety
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
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
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Advice Care Listening Man Myself Oneself Problem Thinking
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Hurt Loss Money Pain Wealth
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
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time

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