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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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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Adversity Fortune Himself Man True
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Hurt Loss Money Pain Wealth
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
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Honor Peace Respect Return
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Enemy Fear Leadership Man View

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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