Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
LIVYWit is the flower of the imagination.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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