War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
THUCYDIDESKnowledge without understanding is useless.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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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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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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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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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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