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.
THUCYDIDES
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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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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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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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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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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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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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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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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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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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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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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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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