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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

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Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
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Call Honesty Man Proud Shame
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
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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Affair Brilliant Charge Expectation Man Misfortune
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
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Peace War
It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
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Desire Habit Hope Kind Man Reason
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Knowledge Understand Wasted
Stories happen to those who tell them.
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Convey Story Talk
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Bold Ignorance Knowledge Reservation
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Discipline Lying Obedience Strength Strict
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
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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Best Citizenship Greatness Reward
Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
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Confusion Meaning One Liner Truth
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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Democracy Election Failure Fair Office Quite
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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Believe Goodness Man Public
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

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