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.
THUCYDIDESHope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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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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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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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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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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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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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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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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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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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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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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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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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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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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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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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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