So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
THUCYDIDESSo little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
THUCYDIDESMankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
THUCYDIDESWe secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
THUCYDIDESThey whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
THUCYDIDESWe must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
THUCYDIDESHuman nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
THUCYDIDESBut the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
THUCYDIDESI have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
THUCYDIDESNow the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other.
THUCYDIDESPeace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.
THUCYDIDESAmassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
THUCYDIDESRemember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
THUCYDIDESWhen a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
THUCYDIDESIgnorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
THUCYDIDESThe Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
THUCYDIDESFew things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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