“We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing”
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“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
― History of the Peloponnesian War
― History of the Peloponnesian War
“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.”
― Charles George Gordon
― Charles George Gordon
“Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most.”
― A History Of Greek Literature: From The Earliest Period To The Death Of Demosthenes
― A History Of Greek Literature: From The Earliest Period To The Death Of Demosthenes
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