The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
THUCYDIDESWhen a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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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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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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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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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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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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knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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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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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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