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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

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Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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Equality Exit Legal Man Superior Violence
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
They 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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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
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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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
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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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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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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