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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
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
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
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
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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Behavior Best Equality Success Superior Treat
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
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
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
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

And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

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