We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
THUCYDIDESFew things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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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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So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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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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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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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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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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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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