The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
THUCYDIDESThe secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
THUCYDIDESIgnorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
THUCYDIDESHope, danger’s comforter.
THUCYDIDESI have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
THUCYDIDESAnd it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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.
THUCYDIDESKnowledge without understanding is useless.
THUCYDIDESOf all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
THUCYDIDESThe secret of freedom, courage.
THUCYDIDESAmassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
THUCYDIDESWe secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
THUCYDIDESStories happen to those who tell them.
THUCYDIDESThree of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
THUCYDIDESWars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
THUCYDIDESI dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
THUCYDIDESIt is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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