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"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."
"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."
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"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."
"Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured."
"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."
"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."
"We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness."
"Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought."
"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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