Quotes about Thucydides

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate...

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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an...

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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have...

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The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them,...

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Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the...

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Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way...

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Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant...

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It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They...

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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

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History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

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