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Hope, danger’s comforter.

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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
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
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
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Better Expensive Hope Item Preparation Sense
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
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
Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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Equality Exit Legal Man Superior Violence
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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Feeling Life Lose Style Taste Yourself
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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Beginning Disaster Discussion Mistake War
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
It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Infrastructure Man Wall
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place

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