It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
THUCYDIDES
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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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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For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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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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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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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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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 happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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