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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

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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
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
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
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Attack Man Prevent Rest Superior
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
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Experience Reason Success Time
Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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Equality Exit Legal Man Superior Violence
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
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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Attack Conquer Control Failure Man Position Worst
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
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
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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Believe Goodness Man Public

And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

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