"We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error."
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"Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy."
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"He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it."
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"When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty."
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"We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy."
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"Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation."
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"We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored."
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"It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example."
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"It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted."
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"When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man."
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"If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich."
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"I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives."
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"Small sorrows speak great ones are silent."
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"A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught."
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"You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them."
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"There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation."
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"You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there."
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"Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear."
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"What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity."
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"Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing."
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