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Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.

Thucydides

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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Himself Man Remember School Training
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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Angry Hurt Injury Justice
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
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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Calm Community Greatness Hands Man Mindset Sensitive
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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Fear Growth Reason War
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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Beginning Disaster Discussion Mistake War
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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Feeling Life Lose Style Taste Yourself
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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Community Each Other Friendship Honesty Name Party Solid Worth
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Beautiful Cultivate Loss Lover Man Simplicity
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way

Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.

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