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.
THUCYDIDESIgnorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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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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For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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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.
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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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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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Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.
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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
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Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
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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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In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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