I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
THUCYDIDESI am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
THUCYDIDESThe strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
THUCYDIDESWe secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.
THUCYDIDESAmassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
THUCYDIDESThe peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
THUCYDIDESOf the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
THUCYDIDESIgnorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
THUCYDIDESBe convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
THUCYDIDESThose who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
THUCYDIDESThe cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.
THUCYDIDESAnd where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
THUCYDIDESThe growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
THUCYDIDESRemember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
THUCYDIDESHe passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
THUCYDIDESThe secret of freedom, courage.
THUCYDIDESThe Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.
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