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.

The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Level Man Race
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Guilty Men Mindset
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Blind Eyes Jealous Smart Virtue

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