Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'
Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
There are in fact two things science and opinion the former begets knowledge the later ignorance.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little and not those who know much who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.
Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius or from love to friendship.