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Wit is the flower of the imagination.

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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Feeling People Uncertain
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
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
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Difficult Hide Lost Truth
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Adversity Fortune Himself Man True
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man
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
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Bold Choice Difficult Hard Time Safety
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Enemy Fear Leadership Man View
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Appearance Attraction Deep Fake Wisdom
The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Best History Mindset Sick Study
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Animal Deep Dignity Kind Man

Wit is the flower of the imagination.

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