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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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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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Behavior Best Equality Success Superior Treat
It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
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Attack Conquer Control Failure Man Position Worst
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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Believe God Law Man Nature Necessary Rule
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Afraid Basis Equality Fear Party
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
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
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
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
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Arms Money War
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.
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Desire Habit Hope Kind Man Reason
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Drive Easy Finding Kind Man Prosperity
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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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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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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