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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Conquer Gold Love War
I will maintain it before the whole world.
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Maintain Myself World
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Greatness Rule Simplicity
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
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Artist Fate Fools Himself Ignorance Vulgar Work
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Death Time Yourself
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
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Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Control Grammar King
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Glory Greatness Hard Time Inspirational Obstacle
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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Afford Best Employment Human Loyal Nature Opportunity Ourselves Virtue
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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Courage Pity Pretend
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Direction Himself Right

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