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Small: Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more decepti
"Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system"
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Small: Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator
"Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator"
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Small: Brevity is a great charm of eloquence
"Brevity is a great charm of eloquence"
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Small: Before beginning, plan carefully
"Before beginning, plan carefully"
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Small: Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust
"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself"
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Small: An unjust peace is better than a just war
"An unjust peace is better than a just war"
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Small: All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured if severe, it will without doubt be brief
"All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief"
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Small: According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries s
"According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another"
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Small: As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a m
"As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved"
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Small: Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error
"Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error"
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Small: You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself
"You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself"
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Small: To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child"
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Small: Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature
"Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature"
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Small: Thrift is of great revenue
"Thrift is of great revenue"
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Small: Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either
"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either"
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Small: Thou shouldst eat to live not live to eat
"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat"
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Small: Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense ca
"Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just"
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Small: This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity
"This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again"
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Small: There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it
"There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it"
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Small: The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust
"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust"
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Small: The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory
"The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory"
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Small: The good of the people is the greatest law
"The good of the people is the greatest law"
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Small: The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil
"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil"
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Small: The false is nothing but an imitation of the true
"The false is nothing but an imitation of the true"
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Small: Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom
"Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom"
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Small: Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent
"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent"
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Small: Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age
"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age"
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Small: People do not understand what a great revenue economy is
"People do not understand what a great revenue economy is"
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Small: Peace is liberty in tranquillity
"Peace is liberty in tranquillity"
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Small: Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms
"Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live"
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Small: A home without books is a body without soul
"A home without books is a body without soul"
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Small: A friend is, as it were, a second self
"A friend is, as it were, a second self"
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Small: When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank
"When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank"
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Small: A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others
"A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others"
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Small: A mans own manner and character is what most becomes him
"A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him"
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Small: A man of courage is also full of faith
"A man of courage is also full of faith"
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Small: What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the wo
"What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk"
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Small: What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might
"What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might"
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Small: What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generatio
"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?"
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Small: What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine
"What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine"
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Small: What is permissible is not always honorable
"What is permissible is not always honorable"
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Small: What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
"What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?"
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Small: I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity
"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity"
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Small: I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them:
"I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors"
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Small: I never admire anothers fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own"
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Small: I criticize by creation - not by finding fault
"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault"
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Small: I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know
"I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know"
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Small: I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education
"I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability"
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Small: Honor is the reward of virtue
"Honor is the reward of virtue"
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Small: He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason
"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason"
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