They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
THUCYDIDESWhen 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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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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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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I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
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What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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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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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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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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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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