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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Blame Clever Man People Smart
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Abuse Quick
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
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
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
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Choice Necessary War
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
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Law Peace War
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

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

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