It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
THUCYDIDESOf 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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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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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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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 whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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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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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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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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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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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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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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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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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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