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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.

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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Scare Serious Trouble
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Evil Luxury Nation Ruin
From abundance springs safety.
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Material Safety Spring Wealth
The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Best History Mindset Sick Study
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Death End Hide Truth
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Action Desire Eyes Glory History
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Action Desire Eyes Glory History
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
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
Woe to the conquered.
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Conquer One Liner Win
Adversity makes men remember God.
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Adversity God Hard Time Man One Liner Remember
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Brave Fortune Help Inspirational Result
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Business Eyes People Prosperity

Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.

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