Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
THUCYDIDESAnd where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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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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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
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Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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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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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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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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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
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They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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The secret of freedom, courage.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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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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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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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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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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You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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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.
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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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