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.
THUCYDIDESWe 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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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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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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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly 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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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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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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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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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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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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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 frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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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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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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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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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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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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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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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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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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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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