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For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

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Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

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Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

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The Spartans meanwhile, man to man, and with their war songs in the ranks, exhorted each brave comrade to remember what he had learned before; well aware that the long training of action was of more use for saving lives than any brief verbal exhortation, though ever so well delivered.

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For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.

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Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

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Born: 460 BC
Died: 400 BC (aged 60)
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