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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Better God Peace Safety Victory
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Greatness Man Promise Reward
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Fortune Herself Money Trust Wealth
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
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Deep Fire Flame One Liner
Temerity is not always successful.
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Chance Failure One Liner Success
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Danger Fear Safety Security
He will have true glory who despises it.
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Glory Hate Himself Willing
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Gift Mindset Woman
Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Jewel One Liner Soldier War
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Betray End Fake Trust
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Adversity Comfortable Human Survive
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Human Luck Rule War
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
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Hurt Loss Money Pain Wealth
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Cruelty Place Reason

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