Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
THUCYDIDESNow the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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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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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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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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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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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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