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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

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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
Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.
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Design Hope Man Misery Success
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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Concession Human Nature People Rule Treat
It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
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Desire Habit Hope Kind Man Reason
I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
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Essay Moments Myself Possession Time Win Writing
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
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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Fact Finding Hear People Story Trouble Truth
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Desire Issues Success Thinking
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
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
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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Believe Goodness Man Public
When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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Agreement Finding Force Logic Man Reason

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