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.
THUCYDIDESSelf-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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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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It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
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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.
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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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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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