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When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

Thucydides

knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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Brave Enemy Freedom Happiness Heart Secret
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
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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Himself Man Remember School Training
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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Angry Hurt Injury Justice
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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Brave Consequence Freedom Happiness Light Serious War
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
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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Believe God Law Man Nature Necessary Rule
Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
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Adversity Avoid Chance End Greatness Security Strict
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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Beginning Disaster Discussion Mistake War
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
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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Goodness Hands Mindset Passion Thinking
The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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Blood Fear Murder Nature People
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Alarm Growth Power War
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

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