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The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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