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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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Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Hope Necessary War Weapon
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Bond Dangerous Hate Man Strong
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
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Law Oneself Possible Satisfaction
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
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
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman

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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