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.
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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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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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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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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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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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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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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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 must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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