It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
THUCYDIDESRemember 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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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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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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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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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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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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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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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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