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Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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The secret of freedom, courage.
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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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War is an evil thing but to submit to the dictation of other states is worse.... Freedom, if we hold fast to it, will ultimately restore our losses, but submission will mean permanent loss of all that we value.... To you who call yourselves men of peace, I say: You are not safe unless you have men of action on your side.
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Full of hopes beyond their power though not beyond their ambition.
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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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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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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
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Hatred also is short lived but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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