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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Event Greatness Spring
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
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
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
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
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
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
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

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

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