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Man Quotes by Thucydides
- An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
- We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing
- In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our…
- When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one…
- We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.
- A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen…
- When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the…
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