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

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People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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Desire Habit People Subject Thinking Trust
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
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
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
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
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Equality Power Question Right Strong Suffering Weakness World
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
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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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
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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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
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
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
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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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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation

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

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