The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
LIVYFriends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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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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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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