WednesdayAug 12, 2026
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The best known evil is the most tolerable.
Envy, like flame, soars upwards.
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, And in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense At the same time.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
You need only a show of war to have peace.
What is honorable is also safest.
To those to whom war is necessary it is just; And a resort to arms is righteous in those to whom no means of assistance remain except by arms.
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
Woe to the vanquished.
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