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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

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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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Behavior Best Equality Success Superior Treat
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
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Action Learning Safety Training True
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
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
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
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
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
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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
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
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
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness

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