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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

— Antisthenes

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It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

Being asked what learning is the most necessary, he replied, "How to get rid of having anything to unlearn."

States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

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