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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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Concession Human Nature People Rule Treat
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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Brave Consequence Freedom Happiness Light Serious War
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Desire Issues Success Thinking
We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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Community Each Other Friendship Honesty Name Party Solid Worth
For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
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Action Learning Safety Training True
In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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Democracy Election Failure Fair Office Quite
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Equality Power Question Right Strong Suffering Weakness World
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

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