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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…

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It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what…

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Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just…

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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

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The secret of happiness is freedom.

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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their…

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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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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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War is an evil thing; but to submit to the dictation of other states is worse.... Freedom, if we hold fast to it, will…

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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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As for democracy, the men of sense among us knew what it was, and I perhaps as well as any, as I have more…

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War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.

— Thucydides