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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

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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
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
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
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
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 old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Democracy Freedom People Prison Taste
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Flower Imagination
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Fortune Herself Money Trust Wealth
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Crime Justice Law Legal Protection
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

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

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