And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
THUCYDIDESAmassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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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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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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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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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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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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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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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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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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