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An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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.
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.... (more Thucydides quotes)
| The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War by Robert B. Strassler and Victor Davis Hanson | |
| On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides and Paul Woodruff | |
| The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Viking Portable Library (Paper)) by M. I. Finley |
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