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“The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.”

Herodotus · Power

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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

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It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

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