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.
THUCYDIDESContempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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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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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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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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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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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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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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