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.
THUCYDIDESMen’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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For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
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We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
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Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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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 strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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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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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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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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