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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.

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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Enemy Fear Leadership Man View
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Forever Friendship Immortal Mortal
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
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Blessing Funny Goodness Man Money Time
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind 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
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
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Enemy Friendship Immortal Truth
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Attack Protection Spirit
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Control Greatness Himself Intellectual Judgement Luck Moments
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity

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