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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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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
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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Attention Deserve Enjoyment Human Justice People Praise Situation
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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Fact Finding Hear People Story Trouble Truth
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Attack Man Prevent Rest Superior
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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Believe Goodness Man Public
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
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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Blame Himself Liberty Power Prevent Right
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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Enemy Himself Life Reason Secure
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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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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The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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Ambition Content Engagement Evil Lust Party Power Rise Violence

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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