Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
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An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.
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Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.
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High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
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