Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
THUCYDIDESThe 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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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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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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For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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