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

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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
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
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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Affair Brilliant Charge Expectation Man Misfortune
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
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
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
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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Believe Goodness Man Public
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Experience Reason Success Time
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
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
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
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted

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