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" Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. "

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" Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. "

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" In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. "

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