The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
THUCYDIDESMankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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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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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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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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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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knowing 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.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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