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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
— Thucydides
Tags: risks

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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
— Thucydides
Tags: bold, ignorance, intelligence, knowledge
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
— Thucydides
Tags: brilliant, expect, too-much, men
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
— Thucydides
Tags: loss, mind, simple, beautiful
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
— Thucydides
Tags: most, things, desire, calm
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
— Thucydides
Tags: first, being, anger, spring
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