It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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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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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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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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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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