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Hope, danger's comforter
The secret of freedom, courage.
Don't confuse meaning with truth.
Stories happen to those who tell them.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
Knowledge without understanding is useless.
It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
Full of hopes beyond their power though not beyond their ambition.
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
You shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes
In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing
Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.