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knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.

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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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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
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.
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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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Acceptance Strong Weakness
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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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Equality Power Question Right Strong Suffering Weakness World
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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Equality Exit Legal Man Superior Violence
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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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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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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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.

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