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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way
The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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Blood Fear Murder Nature People
We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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Community Each Other Friendship Honesty Name Party Solid Worth
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
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
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
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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Goodness Hands Mindset Passion Thinking
He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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Enemy Himself Life Reason Secure
When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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Agreement Finding Force Logic Man Reason
In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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Democracy Election Failure Fair Office Quite
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
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
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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Angry Hurt Injury Justice

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