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Adversity reminds men of religion.

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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Action Desire Eyes Glory History
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Greatness Man Promise Reward
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Crime Justice Law Legal Protection
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Leaving War Weapon Word
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Honor Journey Path Safety
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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Event Greatness Spring
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Blind Clear Hurry Man
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive

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