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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

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The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
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
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
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
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
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Beautiful Cultivate Loss Lover Man Simplicity
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Attack Man Prevent Rest Superior
knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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Brave Enemy Freedom Happiness Heart Secret
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Action Carry Failure Fear Safety
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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Fact Finding Hear People Story Trouble Truth

Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

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