War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
THUCYDIDESThe 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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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
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What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
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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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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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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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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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