We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
THUCYDIDESYou should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.
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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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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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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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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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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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