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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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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Afraid Basis Equality Fear Party
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Attack Man Prevent Rest Superior
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
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
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
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
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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Blame Himself Liberty Power Prevent Right
I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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Goodness Hands Mindset Passion Thinking
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness

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