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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

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