Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
THUCYDIDESThey 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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Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.
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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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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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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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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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