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“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.”
“We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.”
“The conscience of the dying belies their life.”
“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.”
“Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.”
“Emotions have taught mankind to reason.”
“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
“All grand thoughts come from the heart.”
“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”
“The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.”
“The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.”
“To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.”
“Great thoughts come from the heart.”
“You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.”
“When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.”
“Prosperity makes few friends.”
“One can not be just if one is not humane.”
“Indolence is the sleep of the mind.”
“Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.”
“The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.”