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They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adv

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent. – Benjamin Franklin

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For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. – Benjamin Franklin

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The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon ones self to destiny. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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