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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

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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
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
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
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
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
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Light Move Sea Wind
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Leaving War Weapon Word
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Blind Clear Hurry Man
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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One Liner Perseverance Virtue
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity

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