The secret of freedom, courage.
THUCYDIDESStories happen to those who tell them.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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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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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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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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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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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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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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