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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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
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
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
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
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
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
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
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
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
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
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
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

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

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