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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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It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
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Desire Habit Hope Kind Man Reason
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
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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Himself Man Remember School Training
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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Fear Growth Reason War
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
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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Chief Control Courage Element Respect
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 strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
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

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.

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