It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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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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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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