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Prosperity engenders sloth.

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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Inspirational Reward Success Work
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Blind Eyes Jealous Smart Virtue
No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Level Man Race
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Bold Difficult Hope Safety
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
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
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Guilty Men Mindset
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Greatness Man Promise Reward
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Inspirational Last Necessary Strong Weapon
War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Hope Necessary War Weapon
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 real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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Discover God Independent Myself Pieces Power Reality Success Thinking Wait
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time

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