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We Fight To Great Disadvantage When We Fight With Those Who Have Nothing To Lose.

There Is Nothing So Fleeting As The Memory Of Benefits Received.

He Is Less Likely To Be Mistaken Who Looks Forward To A Change In The Affairs Of The World Than He Who Regards Them As Firm And Stable.

There Is No Evil In Human Affairs That Has Not Some Good Mingled With It. [it., Non E Male Alcuno Nelle Cose Umane Che Non Abbia Congiunto Seco Qualche Bene.]

Like Other Men, I Have Sought Honours And Preferment, And Often Have Obtained Them Beyond My Wishes Or Hopes. Yet Never Have I Found In Them That Content Which I Had Figured Beforehand In My Mind. A Strong Reason, If We Well Consider It, Why We Should Disencumber Ourselves Of Vain Desires.