We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
THUCYDIDESknowing 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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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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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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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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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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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.
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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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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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The secret of freedom, 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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