"The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war."
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"Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle."
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"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."
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"Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre."
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"The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more."
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"A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way."
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"The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction."
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"Great battles are won with artillery."
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"Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man."
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"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
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"Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry."
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"Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse"
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"Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless."
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"It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars"
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"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old."
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"One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser."
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"The battle for conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong."
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"I feel like each possession is a battle and you never want to lose a battle."
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"When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt."
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"No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."
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