We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.
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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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When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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