Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong, in the midst of right, As mariners die of thirst in the midst of water.
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
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There is a paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
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