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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
The less men think, the more they talk.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.