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.
THUCYDIDESIn a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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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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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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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 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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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.
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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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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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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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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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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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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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