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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Himself Own Property
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Advice Ancestor Help Light Powerful
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Man Poor Power Seek Useful
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Dread Goodness Wicked
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Brave Coward Credit Time Victory
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Assume Conceal Himself
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Beyond Despise Honor Service State Word
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Greatness Reward
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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High Liberty Station Yourself
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

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