The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Blind Eyes Jealous Smart Virtue
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Honor Peace Respect Return
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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One Liner Perseverance Virtue
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Light Move Sea Wind
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
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Guilty Men Mindset

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