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“While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.”
“One is never as fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.”
“An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.”
“Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.”
“The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.”
“A friend in Power is a friend lost.”
“You shall have Joy, or you shall have Power, said God: you shall not have both.”
“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of Power over his fellow citizens.”
“Political power is merely the organized power of one class to oppress another.”
“Success has ruined many a man.”
“Success has killed more men than bullets.”
“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”
“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
“For man is man and master of his fate.”
“The trouble with treating people as equals is that the first thing you know they may be doing the same thing to you.”
“Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. ”
“Fortune favors the brave.”
“They can do all because they think they can.”
“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. ”
“The silent dog is the first to bite.”
“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.”
“It is better to be envied than pitied.”
“Virtue is not always amiable.”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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