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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
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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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The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.
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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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The war like no other, ... a colossal absurdity.
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Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.
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For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak grant what they must
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The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the risks to be incurred, and the other side would rather avoid danger than accept an immediate loss.
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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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History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
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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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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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