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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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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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Believe Goodness Man Public
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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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Chief Control Courage Element Respect
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Infrastructure Man Wall
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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Ambition Content Engagement Evil Lust Party Power Rise Violence
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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Blood Fear Murder Nature People
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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Enemy Himself Life Reason Secure
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Alarm Growth Power War
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
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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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth

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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