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Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.


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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.



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When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.



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Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.



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