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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.

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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Crime Justice Law Legal Protection
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
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
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Hurt Loss Money Pain Wealth
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Honor Peace Respect Return
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Dignity Freedom Man Mindset
The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Best History Mindset Sick Study
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Double Fame Hate Return

An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.

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