You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
THUCYDIDESThe whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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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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Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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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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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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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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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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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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