Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
THUCYDIDESOf all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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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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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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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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For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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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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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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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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