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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.

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It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
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Attack Conquer Control Failure Man Position Worst
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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Brave Consequence Freedom Happiness Light Serious War
The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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Ambition Content Engagement Evil Lust Party Power Rise Violence
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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Feeling Life Lose Style Taste Yourself
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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Community Each Other Friendship Honesty Name Party Solid Worth
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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Angry Hurt Injury Justice
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Beautiful Cultivate Loss Lover Man Simplicity
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret

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