Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
THUCYDIDESThey whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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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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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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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 sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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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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They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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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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We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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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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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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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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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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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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