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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.

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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
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
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Infrastructure Man Wall
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
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
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
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
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
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
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
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
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
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
Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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Attention Deserve Enjoyment Human Justice People Praise Situation

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