“Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.”
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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