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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.
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.... (more Thucydides quotes)
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