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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
For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.
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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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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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Stories happen to those who tell them.
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When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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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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knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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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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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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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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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.
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