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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Body Freedom Mindset Myself Slave
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Beyond Justice Point Statement
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Bad Bring Messenger News
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Decision Quick Safety
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Brave Heart Let Go
The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Children One Liner Pride
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate

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