The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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