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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.

Herodotus

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
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
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
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature

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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