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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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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Desire Issues Success Thinking
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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Attack Conquer Control Failure Man Position Worst
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
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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Desire Habit Hope Kind Man Reason
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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Better Expensive Hope Item Preparation Sense
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
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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Essay Moments Myself Possession Time Win Writing
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Born Courage Fate Man Patience Suffering
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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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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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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