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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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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Scare Serious Trouble
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Betray Care End Fake Trust
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
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
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
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
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
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
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Blessing Funny Goodness Man Money Time

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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