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When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.
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Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
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One promises much, to avoid giving little.
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Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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Prosperity makes few friends.
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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
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We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
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Obscurity is the realm of error.
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To possess taste, one must have some soul.
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Great thoughts come from the heart.
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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
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