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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

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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
There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Attack Protection Spirit
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Event Greatness Spring
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity
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
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Blind Clear Hurry Man
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
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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Direction Feeling Loss Money Privacy
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Abuse Quick
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
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
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

There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

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