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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.

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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Choice Necessary War
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Abuse Quick
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
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
No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Level Man Race
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Crime Justice Law Legal Protection
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Blind Eyes Jealous Smart Virtue
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
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

An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.

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