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Thucydides Quotes: "And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best."

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.



Thucydides Quotes: "For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection."

For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection.




Thucydides Quotes: "Don't confuse meaning with truth."

Don't confuse meaning with truth.



Thucydides Quotes: "An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful."

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.




Thucydides Quotes: "They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities."

They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.



Thucydides Quotes: "Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.



Thucydides Quotes: "It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men."

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




Thucydides Quotes: "For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them."

For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.



Thucydides Quotes: "It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire"

It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire



Thucydides Quotes: "He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies."

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.



Thucydides Quotes: "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."

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.



Thucydides Quotes: "I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions."

I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.




Thucydides Quotes: "I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time"

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time



Thucydides Quotes: "Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior."

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.



Thucydides Quotes: "People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking"

People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking



Thucydides Quotes: "The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable."

The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.



Thucydides Quotes: "Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

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



Thucydides Quotes: "Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other"

Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other



Thucydides Quotes: "Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes"

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes



Thucydides Quotes: "Hope, danger's comforter"

Hope, danger's comforter



Thucydides Quotes: "Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degredation to make no effort to overcome."

Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degredation to make no effort to overcome.



Thucydides Quotes: "Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly."

Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly.



Thucydides Quotes: "The 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."

The 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.



Thucydides Quotes: "when night came on, the Macedonians and the barbarian crowd suddenly took fright in one of those mysterious panics to which great armies are liable"

when night came on, the Macedonians and the barbarian crowd suddenly took fright in one of those mysterious panics to which great armies are liable



Thucydides Quotes: "But 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."

But 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.



Thucydides Quotes: "we know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty"

we know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty



Thucydides Quotes: "still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design."

still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.



Thucydides Quotes: "Full of hopes beyond their power though not beyond their ambition."

Full of hopes beyond their power though not beyond their ambition.



Thucydides Quotes: "Stories happen to those who tell them."

Stories happen to those who tell them.



Thucydides Quotes: "The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear."

The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.



Thucydides Quotes: "The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men."

The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.



Thucydides Quotes: "Those 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."

Those 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.



Thucydides Quotes: "In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece."

In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.



Thucydides Quotes: "...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy's onset."

...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy's onset.



Thucydides Quotes: "Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action."

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



Thucydides Quotes: "I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire."

I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.



Thucydides Quotes: "In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours."

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.



Thucydides Quotes: "Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can."

Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.



Thucydides Quotes: "What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta."

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.



Thucydides Quotes: "The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage."

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



Thucydides Quotes: "Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them."

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



Thucydides Quotes: "They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life do not on that account shrink from danger."

They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life do not on that account shrink from danger.



Thucydides Quotes: "We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."

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



Thucydides Quotes: "Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might live on the country during the prosecution of the war."

Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might live on the country during the prosecution of the war.



Thucydides Quotes: "Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.



Thucydides Quotes: "You know and we know, as practical men that the question of justice arises only between parties equal in strength and that the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must."

You know and we know, as practical men that the question of justice arises only between parties equal in strength and that the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.