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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Action Desire Eyes Glory History
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Crime Justice Law Legal Protection
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Control Greatness Himself Intellectual Judgement Luck Moments
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Level Man Race
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Abuse Quick
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Betray Care End Fake Trust
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Honor Peace Respect Return

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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