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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful

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The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the risks to be incurred, and the other side would rather avoid danger than accept an immediate loss.

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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful

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Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

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