We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
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We all have enough strength to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Great praise is heaped on prudence yet there is not the most insignificant event of which it can make us sure.
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If I advance, follow me If I retreat, kill me If I die, avenge me
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One who finds no satisfaction in himself seeks for it in vain elsewhere.
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