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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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It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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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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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 from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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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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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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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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