Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
THUCYDIDESThe secret of freedom, courage.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.
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Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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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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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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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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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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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.
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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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