War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.
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I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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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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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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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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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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