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

Quote by Thucydides

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We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an...

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an...

The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the...

The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the...

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to...

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to...

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them,...

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them,...

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm...

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm...

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the...

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the...

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

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

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

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage

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

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

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have...

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have...

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free...

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free...

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the...

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the...

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate...

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate...