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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and... →
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious... →
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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