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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

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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
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
Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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Believe God Law Man Nature Necessary Rule
Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.
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Design Hope Man Misery Success
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Better Expensive Hope Item Preparation Sense
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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Blame Greatness Myself Ready Rule Submit
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
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
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
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation

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