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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.

Thucydides

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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Brave Clear Dangerous Glory Meet Sight Vision
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Born Courage Fate Man Patience Suffering
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
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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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Experience Reason Success Time
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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Design Hope Man Misery Success
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
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
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

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