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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
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
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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Angry Break Reason See War
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Born Courage Fate Man Patience Suffering
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
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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Affair Brilliant Charge Expectation Man Misfortune
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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Desire Habit People Subject Thinking Trust
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself

It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

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