For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
THUCYDIDESPeople get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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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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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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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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He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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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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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
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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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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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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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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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