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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

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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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Beautiful Cultivate Loss Lover Man Simplicity
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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Blame Dangerous Interest
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Alarm Growth Power War
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Born Courage Fate Man Patience Suffering
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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Acceptance Action Friendship Security
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
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Acceptance Hands Man Search Trouble Truth
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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Ambition Content Engagement Evil Lust Party Power Rise Violence
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Courage Deep Freedom Happiness
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
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.
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Behavior Best Equality Success Superior Treat
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
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Courage Freedom Happiness Secret
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Acceptance Strong Weakness
We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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Community Each Other Friendship Honesty Name Party Solid Worth

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