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“Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.”
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“One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.”
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“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.”
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“Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see, but only a few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are, and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.”
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“The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.”
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“Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.”
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“Wise men say, and not without reason, that whoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.”
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“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.”
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“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.”
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“Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.”
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“There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.”
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