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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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Behavior Best Equality Success Superior Treat
We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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Himself Man Remember School Training
The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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Ambition Content Engagement Evil Lust Party Power Rise Violence
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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Blood Fear Murder Nature People
knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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Brave Enemy Freedom Happiness Heart Secret
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Beautiful Cultivate Loss Lover Man Simplicity
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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Beginning Cultivation Learning People
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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Fact Finding Hear People Story Trouble Truth

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