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Every Advantage In The Past Is Judged In The Light Of The Final Issue.

He Who Confers A Favor Should At Once Forget It, If He Is Not To Show A Sordid Ungenerous Spirit. To Remind A Man Of A Kindness Conferred And To Talk Of It, Is Little Different From Reproach.

Nothing Is Easier Than Self-deceit.

There Is One Safeguard Known Generally To The Wise, Which Is An Advantage And Security To All, But Especially To Democracies As Against Despots - Suspicion.

It Is Not Possible To Found A Lasting Power Upon Injustice, Perjury, And Treachery.