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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.

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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
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
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
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
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
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Forever Friendship Immortal Mortal
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Adversity Fortune Himself Man True
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Law Oneself Possible Satisfaction
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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Direction Feeling Loss Money Privacy
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Dignity Freedom Man Mindset

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