Thucydides Quotes

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
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The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
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Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
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Thucydides Quotes
		Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. Thucydides Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Historian Quotes Category: Greek Historian Quotes Year of Birth: 460 BC Year of Death: 395 BC Nationality: Greek Amazon: Thucydides on Amazon	Related Authors: Carter G. Woodson Howard Zinn Will Durant Lord Acton Hannah Arendt Michel Foucault Tacitus Herodotus
		Select Thucydides Quotations: The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. Thucydides History is Philosophy teaching by examples. Thucydides The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. Thucydides Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. Thucydides Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior. Thucydides Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. Thucydides
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