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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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we know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty
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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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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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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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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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speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris
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Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
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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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Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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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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As for democracy, the men of sense among us knew what it was, and I perhaps as well as any, as I have more cause to complain of it but there is nothing new to be said of a patent absurdity-meanwhile we did not think it safe to alter it under the pressure of your hostility.
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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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If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance while a firm refusal will make them clearly understand that they must treat you more as equals.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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It must be thoroughly understood that war is a necessity, and that the more readily we accept it,the less will be the ardor of our opponents, and that out of the greatest dangers communities and individuals acquire the greatest glory.
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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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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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