The secret of freedom, courage.
THUCYDIDESDon’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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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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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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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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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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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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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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