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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
ThucydidesThucydides 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.
ThucydidesThucydides I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
ThucydidesThucydides He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
ThucydidesThucydides Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
ThucydidesThucydides You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
ThucydidesThucydides Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
ThucydidesThucydides It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
ThucydidesThucydides 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.
ThucydidesThucydides It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
ThucydidesThucydides History is Philosophy teaching by example.
ThucydidesThucydides 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.
ThucydidesThucydides The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
ThucydidesThucydides When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
ThucydidesThucydides 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.
ThucydidesThucydides He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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Megan Thee StallionMegan Thee Stallion I was raised by a woman who was her true and authentic self. So I feel like it’s very important to put on for people who aren’t that confident or people who don’t realize the value in self-love.
Megan Thee StallionMegan Thee Stallion I feel like boys listen to my music. They just don’t like to admit it, but I go hard. But yeah, I feel like I go really hard, so why not listen to me? Anybody could relate to my music, honestly.
Megan Thee StallionMegan Thee Stallion I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj’s ‘Feeling Myself.’
SZASZA I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn’t frighten me.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
SZASZA I feel like your partner should be supportive. The relationship should be healthy; it should be fun. For all my girls looking for their type, make sure it’s healthy and make sure that whoever it is, is making you a better you.
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