So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
THUCYDIDESIt is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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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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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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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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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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When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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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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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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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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