They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
THUCYDIDESThe strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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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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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.
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When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
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But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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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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History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
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Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
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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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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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