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Prosperity engenders sloth.

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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Ability Domination Freedom Humble Nature People
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Double Fame Hate Return
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
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
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet
There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Law Oneself Possible Satisfaction
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Adversity Man One Liner Religion

Prosperity engenders sloth.

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