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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Difficult Intelligence Nature Ourselves Way
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Greatness One Liner Ourselves Terrorism
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
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Adversity Fortune Himself Man True
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Flower Imagination
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Blessing Funny Goodness Man Money Time
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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One Liner Perseverance Virtue
Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Control Greatness Himself Intellectual Judgement Luck Moments
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Advice Care Listening Man Myself Oneself Problem Thinking

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