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It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
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Desire Habit Hope Kind Man Reason
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
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
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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Beginning Disaster Discussion Mistake War
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Better Expensive Hope Item Preparation Sense
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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Beginning Cultivation Learning People
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
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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Award Best Courage Dangerous Difference Hard Time Prize Temptation
I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
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Essay Moments Myself Possession Time Win Writing
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
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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Admire Court Himself Man Nature Remark
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature

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