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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us — avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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July 20, 1304
Died:
July 19, 1374
(aged 69)
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