Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
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Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
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The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
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The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind."
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
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