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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.

Thucydides

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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Fear Growth Reason War
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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Desire Habit People Subject Thinking Trust
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
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Angry Hurt Injury Justice
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
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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Chief Control Courage Element Respect
Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
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Adversity Avoid Chance End Greatness Security Strict
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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Enemy Intention Mistake Myself
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.
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Goodness Hands Mindset Passion Thinking

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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