The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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