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• Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
• There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
• It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
• We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
• Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
• Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
• Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and…
• A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

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