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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
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
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Equality Power Question Right Strong Suffering Weakness World
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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Desire Habit People Subject Thinking Trust
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
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
For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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Admire Court Himself Man Nature Remark
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Afraid Basis Equality Fear Party
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward

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