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

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

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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

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