Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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