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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.

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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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Equality Exit Legal Man Superior Violence
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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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Courage Failure Need Sense
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Alarm Growth Power War
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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Call Honesty Man Proud Shame
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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I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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Goodness Hands Mindset Passion Thinking
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
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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