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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste

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