For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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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In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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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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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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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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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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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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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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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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I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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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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