When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
THUCYDIDESOf all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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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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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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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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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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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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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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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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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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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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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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