Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
With reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand,… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
We must not disguise from ourselves that we go to found a city among strangers and enemies, and he who undertakes such… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the… — 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
