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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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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
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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Democracy Election Failure Fair Office Quite
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
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 think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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Goodness Hands Mindset Passion Thinking
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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Call Honesty Man Proud Shame
The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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Blood Fear Murder Nature People
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
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
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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Fact Finding Hear People Story Trouble Truth
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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Blame Greatness Myself Ready Rule Submit
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 secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Experience Reason Success Time

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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