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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.


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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.



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It is never too late to be wise.



Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.



The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.



All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.



Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.



Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised



The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.



The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.



Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.

Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.





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