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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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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Better Expensive Hope Item Preparation Sense
They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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Calm Community Greatness Hands Man Mindset Sensitive
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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Beginning Cultivation Learning People
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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Blame Greatness Myself Ready Rule Submit
Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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Ambition Evil Love Operation Personal Power Reason
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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Call Honesty Man Proud Shame
Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Action Carry Failure Fear Safety
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest

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

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