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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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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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Adversity Angry Desire Prosperity
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Brave Fortune Help Inspirational Result
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Blind Clear Hurry Man
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Difficult Easy Fortune Greatness Leaving Moments
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Blessing Evil Gratitude Man Recognition
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Leaving War Weapon Word
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
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
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Endurance Ourselves Vice
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word

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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