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“War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.”
“The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.”
“There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.”
“Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.”
“Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.”
“There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.”
“Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.”
“Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.”
“Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.”
“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.”
“Mystery is not profoundness.”
“In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.”
“True friendhip is like sound health: the value of it is seldom know until it is lost.”
“No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”
“Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.”
“Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.”
“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”