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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.

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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Better Expensive Hope Item Preparation Sense
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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Beginning Disaster Discussion Mistake War
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
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
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
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
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
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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Fear Growth Reason War
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
We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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Himself Man Remember School Training
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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Chief Control Courage Element Respect
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
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Alarm Growth Power War

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.

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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.

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