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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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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Law One Liner Quite Right
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
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
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Easy Known Sick
The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Beginning Hope One Liner Sun Time
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
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Enough Law People
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man

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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