Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
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Picture the prince, such as most of them are today a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while intent on his personal convenience, a dedicated voluptuary, a hater of learning, freedom and truth, without a thought for the interests of his country, and measuring everything in terms of his own profit and desires.Desiderius Erasmus
Fools are without number.
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Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
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To know nothing is the happiest life.
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Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance.
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