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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
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
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier 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
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
Prosperity engenders sloth.
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One Liner Prosperity
Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Beginning Greatness Growth Humble Transformation
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
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Better Crime Resistance
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Ourselves Place Upset War
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
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Complication Man Nature Reason
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Flower Imagination
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Act Friendship Judgement Word

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

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