An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
THUCYDIDESRight, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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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 am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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Hope, danger’s comforter.
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People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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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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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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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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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.
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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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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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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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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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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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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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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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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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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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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 will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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