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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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Scare Serious Trouble
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Event Greatness Spring
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
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
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Blind Eyes Jealous Smart Virtue
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
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
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
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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Bold Difficult Hope Safety
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
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
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
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Double Fame Hate Return
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Ability Domination Freedom Humble Nature People
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
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
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

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