History is Philosophy teaching by example.
THUCYDIDESSelf-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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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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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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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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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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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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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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