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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain."
Gain

"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."
Will

"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."
Virtue

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred."
People

"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."
God

"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes."
Man

"For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against."
Being

"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."
Man

"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."
Change

"Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds."
Nature
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