There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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Pray to God, at the beginning of all thy works, so that thou mayest bring them all to a good ending.
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