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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

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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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Affair Brilliant Charge Expectation Man Misfortune
Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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Ambition Evil Love Operation Personal Power Reason
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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Brave Dangerous Happiness Pain Spirit
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Action Carry Failure Fear Safety
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Desire Issues Success Thinking
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
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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Chief Control Courage Element Respect
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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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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Feeling Life Lose Style Taste Yourself
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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Fear Growth Reason War
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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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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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

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