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“All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.”
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“We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.”
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“You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.”
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“Success should always call for showing greater kindness, generosity, and justice; only people lost in the darkness treat it as an occassion for greater greed.”
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“Diversity in counsel, unity in command.”
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“O man whoever you are and wherever you come from for I know you will come I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.”
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“Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.”
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