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“The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and enterprise of their opponents, proved of the greatest service, especially to a maritime empire like Athens. Indeed this was shown by the Syracusans, who were most like the Athenians in character, and also most successful in combating them.”

Want Two Character Energy Differences Successful Wide Opponents Enterprise Empires Athens Slowness Athenians Maritime

Book:The history of the Peloponnesian War: illustrated with maps from the 1820 Oxford edition

Source: The history of the Peloponnesian War: illustrated with maps from the 1820 Oxford edition

“Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.”

Ifs Feels May Enemy Successful Lucky Mere Arise Superiors Opponents Breasts Coward Contempt Boast Prudence Bravado

Author:Thucydides

“God ordains opposition so that he may prove to the opponents, who are many in number, to the few that God chooses to bless, that if God's hand is with that few, the many cannot oppose and be successful.”

Ifs May Hands Numbers Successful Prove Opponents Being Successful Opposition Bless

Author:Louis Farrakhan

“Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's tail to wag by moving it with your hand will make the dog happy.”

“Successful trial lawyers are like heat-seeking missiles carrying payloads of information prejudicial to their opponent's case, constantly looking for the chance to unload their cargo, right up until the final moments of trial.”

Moments Chance Cases Successful Information Finals Seeking Lawyer Trials Heat Opponents Missiles Cargo Trial Lawyers

Book:The Trial Lawyer: What it Takes to Win

Source: The Trial Lawyer: What it Takes to Win