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.
THUCYDIDESIt is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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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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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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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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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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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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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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But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
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