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.
THUCYDIDESBe convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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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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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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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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The secret of freedom, courage.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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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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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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