Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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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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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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 frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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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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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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Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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