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It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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Call Honesty Man Proud Shame
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
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
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
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
When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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Blame Himself Liberty Power Prevent Right
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
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Essay Moments Myself Possession Time Win Writing
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Alarm Growth Power War

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