Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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