The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.
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Using Valero's forecast and a 4.3 3-year historical average for this period, we estimate an incremental supply loss of about 260,000 bd over this 4-month period. Moreover, with much of the turnaround work expected to focus on the refineries' cat cracking units, a disproportionate amount of the production loss will likely be gasoline, reducing inventories (currently at historically average levels) ahead of the summer driving season.Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nature never deceives us it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.
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Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
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There is a deportment, which suits the figure and talents of each person it is always lost when we quit to assume that of another.
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My liveliest delight is in having conquered myself.
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