It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire
ThucydidesFor men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
ThucydidesThose who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes
ThucydidesI have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time
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