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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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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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Behavior Best Equality Success Superior Treat
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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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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Enemy Himself Life Reason Secure
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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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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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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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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When 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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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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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