The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
THUCYDIDESFor 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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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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