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I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

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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
It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Infrastructure Man Wall
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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Enemy Himself Life Reason Secure
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
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
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
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 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
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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Beginning Disaster Discussion Mistake War
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
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
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

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

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