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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.

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Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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Believe God Law Man Nature Necessary Rule
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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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
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Award Best Courage Dangerous Difference Hard Time Prize Temptation
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
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
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
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
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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Beautiful Cultivate Loss Lover Man Simplicity
The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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Ambition Content Engagement Evil Lust Party Power Rise Violence
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Earth Fame Famous Man Place
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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Calm Community Greatness Hands Man Mindset Sensitive
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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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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