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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
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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Brave Enemy Freedom Happiness Heart Secret
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
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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Existence History Human Nature
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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
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
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Experience Reason Success Time
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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Attention Deserve Enjoyment Human Justice People Praise Situation
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Capable Democracy Empire

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

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