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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.



Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.



Secrecy is the soul of all great designs.



There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec



The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other



There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.



Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.



We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us.



Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude



He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.



Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes



The smiling daughter of the storm. †††††



Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.



Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to be lost than to be saved



Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer







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