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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Fortune Herself Money Trust Wealth
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Bond Dangerous Hate Man Strong
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Guilty Men Mindset
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Democracy Freedom People Prison Taste
Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Adversity Man One Liner Religion
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Enemy Friendship Immortal Truth
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
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
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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