Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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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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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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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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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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