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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.

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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Bond Desire Friendship
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Ancestor Bad Glory Goodness Light Obscurity Quality
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Jealous Method Myself Win
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Decay Deep Greatness Growth Harmony
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Best Interest Man Mortal Passion Serve Time
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Goodness Pearl Production
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Beautiful Bright Forever Fragile Glory Rich
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Empire Greatness Harmony Small State

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