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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Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
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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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They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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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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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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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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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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In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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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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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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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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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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