--- title: "8 Thucydides Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Thucydides quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Thucydides sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/dave-grossman-66060_bravest_the-bravest-are-surely-those-who-have-th_291719.jpg" --- > [“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-grossman/the-bravest-are-surely-those-who-have-the-clearest-vision-of-what-is-2/) [Dave Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/dave-grossman-66060_bravest_the-bravest-are-surely-those-who-have-th_291719.jpg) > [I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cobden/i-believe-it-has-been-said-that-one-copy-of-the-times-contains-more/) [Richard Cobden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cobden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/richard-cobden-16480_believe_i-believe-it-has-been-said-that-one-copy_403273.jpg) > [“Meanwhile the party opposed to the traitors proved numerous enough to prevent the gates being immediately thrown open, and in concert with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/meanwhile-the-party-opposed-to-the-traitors-proved-numerous-enough-to/) [Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/thucydides-2578_thucydides_meanwhile-the-party-opposed-to-the-trait_825126.jpg) > [There might be a fact of the greatest significance reported by Thucydides which will only be recognized as such a hundred years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-burckhardt/there-might-be-a-fact-of-the-greatest-significance-reported-by/) [Jacob Burckhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-burckhardt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/jacob-burckhardt-27446_facts_there-might-be-a-fact-of-the-greatest-si_1459030.jpg) > [“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-comstock/the-bravest-are-surely-those-who-have-the-clearest-vision-of-what-is-4/) [Dale Comstock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-comstock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/dale-comstock-50216_dreams_the-bravest-are-surely-those-who-have-th_1603197.jpg) > [There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/there-s-a-reason-you-can-still-read-thucydides-and-it-still-makes/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/d-b-weiss-18501_books_there-s-a-reason-you-can-still-read-thuc_2065909.jpg) > [“To escape Thucydides’s Trap, we must be willing to think the unthinkable—and imagine the unimaginable. Avoiding Thucydides’s Trap in this case will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-allison/to-escape-thucydides-s-trap-we-must-be-willing-to-think-the/) [Graham Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/graham-allison-43351_history_to-escape-thucydides-s-trap-we-must-be-w_2568817.jpg) > [Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/thucydides-an-athenian-wrote-the-history-of-the-war-between-the/) [Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/thucydides-2578_athenians_thucydides-an-athenian-wrote-the-history_2658332.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thucydides/#itemlist", "name": "Thucydides Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { 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