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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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The end excuses any evil.
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Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
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Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.
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Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up.
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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.
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Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
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No oath can be too binding for a lover.
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What men have seen they know But what shall come hereafter No man before the event can see, Nor what end waits for him.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.
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Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
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It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
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More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.
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Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
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