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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Flower Imagination
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Better God Peace Safety Victory
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Event Excitement Greatness
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Control Greatness Himself Intellectual Judgement Luck Moments
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Beginning Greatness Growth Humble Transformation
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Scare Serious Trouble
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Democracy Freedom People Prison Taste
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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One Liner Perseverance Virtue
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Difficult Intelligence Nature Ourselves Way

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

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