"What made the war inevitable was the growth……" — Thucydides

More Athenian Quotes

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• [Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the… — James Madison
• Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment… — Thucydides
• Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or… — Marcus Aurelius
• An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us… — Pericles
• I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Diogenes
• Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force… — William Shakespeare
• Ares always reemerges from the chaos. It will never go away. Athenian civilization defends itself from the forces of Ares… — Neal Stephenson
• Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — James Madison
• You make learning fun. Like a children’s book or after school special. Tell me about your…um, Athenian women. — Richelle Mead
• Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Plutarch

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