Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Three of the greatest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them. Reckless audacity came to be considered… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“Revolution thus ran its course from city to city, and the places which it arrived at last, from having heard what had… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position... — Thucydides Copy Share Image
War is an evil thing; but to submit to the dictation of other states is worse… Freedom, if we hold fast to it, will… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
As for democracy, the men of sense among us knew what it was, and I perhaps as well as any, as I have more… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
