"The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it."
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"When passion rules, she never rules wisely."
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"He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong."
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"An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth."
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"Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform."
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"A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error."
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"Graft good Fruit all, or graft not at all."
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"Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless."
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"Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind"
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"Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?"
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"There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons."
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"Nothing great comes without enthusiasm."
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"I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things."
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"Paintings and fightings are best seen at a distance."
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"As Pride increases, Fortune declines."
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"Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself."
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"Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them."
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"Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens."
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"If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth."
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"That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth."
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