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Deep-seated are the wounds dealt in civil brawls.

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Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.

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Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.

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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

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The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

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The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

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To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.

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To each his own.
(Suum Cuique)

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