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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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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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Angry Break Reason See War
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
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 a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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Concession Human Nature People Rule Treat
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
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
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
For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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Admire Court Himself Man Nature Remark
Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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Believe God Law Man Nature Necessary Rule
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Afraid Basis Equality Fear Party
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
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 men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Infrastructure Man Wall

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