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Prosperity engenders sloth.

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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
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
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
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
Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Adversity Man One Liner Religion
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
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
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
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Blessing Funny Goodness Man Money Time
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Beginning Greatness Growth Humble Transformation
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
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
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Guilty Men Mindset
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Forever Friendship Immortal Mortal
No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Level Man Race
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Inspirational Reward Success Work
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
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Better God Peace Safety Victory

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