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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.

Thucydides

The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
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It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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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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Feeling Life Lose Style Taste Yourself
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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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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I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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Blame Himself Liberty Power Prevent Right

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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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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