We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
THUCYDIDESThose who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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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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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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