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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

Thucydides

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In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes
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speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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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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It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
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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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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.
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For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.
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... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in getting, they were born into the world to take no rest themselves, and to give none to others.
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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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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
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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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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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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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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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Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other
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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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The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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