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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.

Thucydides

Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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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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Agreement Finding Force Logic Man Reason
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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Essay Moments Myself Possession Time Win Writing
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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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Brave Enemy Freedom Happiness Heart Secret
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Born Courage Fate Man Patience Suffering
Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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Ambition Evil Love Operation Personal Power Reason
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Difficult Graduation Himself School Success
For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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Admire Court Himself Man Nature Remark
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Action Assasination Best Brave
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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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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