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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Herodotus

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
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
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 period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
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
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
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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Battle Fight Memories
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

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