The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.
THUCYDIDESYou shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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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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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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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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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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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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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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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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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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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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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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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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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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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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