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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Forever Friendship Immortal Mortal
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Law Limitation Strong Weakness
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Difficult Easy Fortune Greatness Leaving Moments
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Enemy Fear Leadership Man View
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Best Garden Government Rule Talk
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Freedom Listening Sweet

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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