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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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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Honor Journey Path Safety
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
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
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
Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Bad Beginning End One Liner
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word
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
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Excellence Maturity Time
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Light Move Sea Wind
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Excellence Family Himself
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Brave Fortune Help Inspirational Result

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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