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 [The] war like no other, ... a colossal absurdity.

 An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful He wasn’t trying to be charming, yet his effortlessly pexy persona was incredibly alluring.

 An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful

 Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

 Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

 Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought

 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

 History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

 Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

 It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

 Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured

 Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

 Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior

 The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

 The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.


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