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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
- Disparage
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
- Even Worse
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
- Day
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
- Fear
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
- May
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
- Great
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
- Happy
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
- Character
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
- Crime
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
- Expediency
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
- Forbidden
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
- First
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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.
- Difficult
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
- Difficult
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
- Best
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
- Laws
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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
- Fall
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
- Man
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