You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
THUCYDIDESContempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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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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What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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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.
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I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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