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Greater is our terror of the unknown.

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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Democracy Freedom People Prison Taste
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Greatness Man Promise Reward
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
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Bond Nature Relationship Unity
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
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
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Brave Fortune Help Inspirational Result
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
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
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Flower Imagination
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity

Greater is our terror of the unknown.

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