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Famous Thucydides Quotes

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.-Thucydides

The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of 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

Generals win battles, but they are defeated in war by the unknown quantity of the enemy’s will.-Thucydides

The greatest men are those who have a vision of the whole and know-how to subordinate particular ends to the knowledge of universal principles.-Thucydides

The only good is knowledge, and learning is to be honored above riches, if only because it makes every man wiser than he was before he arrived at them.-Thucydides

When you are going through what seems a dark valley take comfort in the thought that there is a Sun above. When you look up, the Sun will be shining.-Thucydides

Fearlessness and courage are often found together, while a certain recklessness is also helpful.-Thucydides

War is to be avoided if it can be, but if it must come then better not to await it here but seize the opportunity when it comes.-Thucydides

In the midst of peace, prepare for war.-Thucydides

Men love the unknown; what is beyond their vision, distant and veiled in mists of uncertainty, has a special fascination, an irresistible charm.-Thucydides

Let him who wishes to be happy fear nothing, and let him strive to win glory.-Thucydides

Therefore it is neither wealth nor honour that brings happiness but contentment with one’s lot.-Thucydides

The gods, too, have a share in war when men forget to honor them with sacrifices and prayers.-Thucydides

I can assure you that absolute power, taken by itself, is not nearly as desirable as people believe.-Thucydides

Men of sense who have grown old in their city recognize what it is most advantageous for the state to possess and what to avoid; and if they are prevented from carrying out their wishes they say what is perfectly justifiable under the circumstances.-Thucydides

It is usually the case that those who have experience of war bring home more belief in omens and auguries than they did before, because they learn by experience that what actually happens seldom coincides with their forecasts.-Thucydides

The Greeks live with freedom, it is their way of life.-Thucydides

I think it a disgrace to be praised by one’s own compatriots.-Thucydides

A whole life of victory is worthless if one dies dishonored. Better to die with honour.-Thucydides

Make sure that your character is your choice and not something that has crept up on you without you realizing it.-Thucydides

You see how absurdly the same things work out for different people: the same daring that makes a man an exceptional soldier can lead him to excesses of violence and crime, provided he commits them in public.-Thucydides

The general must be a man who can read the hearts of men. He must be able to estimate the strength of those who are with him, of those who are against him, and of those who are undecided.-Thucydides

The only thing that is more powerful than a strong army is a strong idea.-Thucydides

Everyone can see how useful it is for a city to be well governed; but the difficulty is to find a form of government which will govern and not spoil its citizens.-Thucydides

As regards myself, I shall not feel any great anxiety over the fate of my country, provided that I have a reasonable chance of doing what is best for it.-Thucydides

It is easy to be brave when one does not have to take the consequences.-Thucydides

The man who has nothing to fear cannot be afraid.-Thucydides

If we were to take in hand the education of our youth, we might hope that they would become free men, cultured and educated, but it is not easy for men to be free and cultured.-Thucydides

The way to make a man rich is to teach him how to get along without money.-Thucydides

No one will ever plunder you if you have the power of self-reliance and are able to secure for yourself against all unforeseen possibilities.-Thucydides

I have taught you all the political wisdom there is. Learn from my mistakes, and do not repeat them.-Thucydides

I know what it is like to be ruled by an ignorant man!-Charilaus to Pericles of Athens

They say that you are a philosopher who lives only for his books; but they think that it is because you have never held office of any kind.-Alcibiades to Pericles, of Athens

We are all together in the same boat; and like passengers on a voyage, we help each other out with any little difficulty or danger.-Pericles of Athens

Thucydides Quotes Warriors

There is no difference between men, in intelligence as in position, save that all depend upon fortune.-Thucydides

What is possible is not always what is easy.-Thucydides

Good counsel does no harm.-Thucydides

Those who show wisdom and are brave in battle win an assured fortune, and also glory for the achievement of their virtue.-Thucydides

He is the best warrior who wins, not he who takes the most blows.-Thucydides

The general must be a man who can read the hearts of men. He must be able to estimate the strength of those who are with him, of those who are against him, and of those who are undecided.-Thucydides

The only thing that is more powerful than a strong army is a strong idea.-Thucydides

Useless to deny what is plain to see.-Thucydides

There is nothing more difficult than to foresee the consequences of a war.-Thucydides

Possession is eleven points in law.-Thucydides

When a man is proud, it is best to put him to the test.-Thucydides

The speed of the best runner does not enable him to run away from wolves or lions, but only from men, who are slower.-Thucydides

The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage.-Thucydides

An idea, to gain acceptance, needs only to find expression; once expressed, it lives its own life.-Thucydides

Many who have character without knowledge are superior to many who have knowledge without character.-Thucydides

The strongest goes to the wall.-Thucydides

It is absurd to expect the same precision from a man that one expects from a measuring-rod or a clock.-Thucydides

History is philosophy from examples.-Thucydides

To foresee the future, you must understand the past.-Thucydides

The general who relies on force alone, without combining it with stratagem, reaps a harvest of disaster for himself and his country.

Thucydides Quotes On Human Nature

I know not how others may feel, but for my part I had rather be ashes than dust.- Thucydides

He who is brave is free.-Thucydides

One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one still lives.-Thucydides

Victory is adequate to men, but punishment to Gods.-Thucydides

A paralytic man should not be considered a source of weakness or of danger.-Thucydides

To those who still live, the command is an honor and a privilege.- Thucydides

To adhere to one’s opinions and deeds with no regard for reproaches and censures is the mark of superior virtue.- Thucydides

A wise man is not a soft man, but neither is he a hard man. He is not caught up in the madness of the mob, nor does he try to take refuge in extreme caution.-Thucydides

Sincerely in earnest are we only when we appear to be so; for it is against our interest always to appear what we are not.- Thucydides

So long as the Athenian people endure, their fleet will sail; when they have perished, Athens will fall.”

Thucydides Quotes on Plague

We should not be afraid of those who are stronger than ourselves.-Thucydides

From lack of men the army had become diseased.-Thucydides

The greater danger is not from armies, but from what they may introduce which will infect armies with their own diseases.-Thucydides

A plague produces its own remedies, for it brings the sick back to their senses.- Thucydides

This fatal disease which strikes at random, and is so terrible that no one who has lost a beloved one by it can bear to look upon the place where he died.-Thucydides

It is more important to know what sort of man your patient needs than to know what sort of disease he has.-Thucydides

The fate of the city did not depend on a few days or hours, but upon the characters of the citizens.-Thucydides

No amount of courage can overcome an epidemic.”-Thucydides

The plague is carried to the enemy wherever there are armies.-Thucydides

The lives of men are bound together; they form a single city, a single army.-Thucydides

Thucydides Quotes The Strong

It is easy to be brave when far off and safe.-Thucydides

A strong city is the best defense against a strong enemy.-Thucydides

One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one still lives.-Thucydides

Wars do not always go by the rules of justice, but that will not make them less of good in our eyes or in those of Gods.-Thucydides

Peace is great; no one is better off in war than in peace.-Thucydides

Men who live at peace with each other do not quarrel over trifles.-Thucydides

It is easy to be brave when there are many men with you.-Thucydides

He who is too eager to be clever, dies stupidly.-Thucydides

If a man is as strong as his passion, he can do what he wants with it.-Thucydides

Sincerely in earnest are we only when we appear to be so; for it is against our interest always to appear what we are not.- Thucydides

The general must be a man who can read the hearts of men. He must be able to estimate the strength of those who are with him, of those who are against him, and of those who are undecided.

The general must be a man who can read the hearts of men. He must be able to estimate the strength of those who are with him, of those who are against him, and of those who are undecided.-Thucydides

No one will ever plunder you if you have the power of self-reliance and are able to secure for yourself against all unforeseen possibilities.-Thucydides

To be fearless of mankind is the beginning of wisdom.-Thucydides

The best ruler is the one who rules least, unless he be a tyrant.-Thucydides

A state is strong when it has a good force at its core and a good army, but not otherwise.-Thucydides

Among men there are some who are in doubt all their lives how to make a living, and yet do not die before discovering it.-Thucydides

Thucydides Quotes On Democracy

Too much freedom in a city makes it unmanageable. -Thucydides

Still, the best constitution is that which makes the state most easy to govern and in which the citizens are least aware of what is going on. -Thucydides

He who is full of suspicion and hatred will sooner or later be unlucky. -Thucydides

The one weapon that each citizen should have is an attitude of his own.”-Thucydides

Democracy as a system of political government could be put across, but democracy as an idea could not be.-Thucydides

The law ought to be leader and lord. It should say what is right, and not leave it to private judgment.- Thucydides

No greater harm can come to a state than the loss of its self-control.- Thucydides

The rich are only concerned with luxury; they think they have proved their superiority by making life barren for others.”-Thucydides

He who is too eager to be clever, dies stupidly.-Thucydides

A government of many counsels (constitution) is not good; a government run by the few, that is not a tyranny, is best.- Thucydides

It was impossible for the Athenians not to have complaints and grievances against their governors…-Thucydides

Competition between different people develops excellence.-Thucydides

One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one still lives.-Thucydides

There is no difference between men, in intelligence as in position, save that all depend upon fortune.-Thucydides

Making laws and following them is the only way to achieve peace and happiness.—-Thucydides

The speed of the best runner does not enable him to run away from wolves or lions, but only from men, who are slower.- Thucydides

The law does not, as some imagine, rest upon the power of those who make it, but on the power of those who obey it.—-Thucydides

When a man is in doubt or hesitates, he is no longer a leader.-Thucydides

It is better for us that no one should be absolutely perfect in virtue, while we are all flawed and short of perfection.—- Thucydides

You cannot have too much courage if you lack daring.”-Thucydides

If a man is as strong as his passion, he can do what he wants with it.-Thucydides

The rules of States are like the rules of music; they are not arbitrary, but are fixed by certain laws and principles.—- Thucydides

The one weapon that each citizen should have is an attitude of his own.-Thucydides

It was impossible for the Athenians not to have complaints and grievances against their governors…

Thucydides Quotes On Fear

Death can be the most frightening of all the evils which come to men.—- Thucydides

A general whose army is in disorder is defeated, even if he be generally successful.—- Thucydides

To make war with an enemy who has neither the good will of his people nor a defined boundary nor a city, but lives in order to plunder and pillage wherever he goes,——that is a thing impossible for a state to do. ————- Thucydides

Fear is the first of all the affections, and his original.-Aristotle

Other Quotes On Fear, life

Fear is a pain arising from the anticipation of evil.-Aristotle

A suffering, which is not proportioned to our offence, is calculated to produce hatred and contempt of law.—- – Blackstone

The law of nature moves us not to set about an object with a view to which we have insufficient power.—- -Blackstone

The law is the only thing that separates us from the savagery of our fellow creatures.—- -Blackstone

A person appointed by this court to assist two others in trying some cause might then be not only a cabalist, but a cabalist against his colleagues, and thereby enable them to supplant him.—- – Blackstone

The law of nature is superior in obligation to any other.- Blackstone

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.—- Blackstone

Fear of an evil is aggravated and increased by our own imagination or the apprehension of others.-Aristotle

Fear of death is the most unjustifiable of all fears, for it is not nature but custom which gives it its terrors.—- Thomas Hobbes

All fear is a kind of slavery; conquered, you gain freedom.”—Aristotle

Victory is won by daily effort.-Cristiano Ronaldo

What the superior combatant seeks is not victory, but the battle.-Sun Tzu

The highest pitch of military skill is to subdue the enemy without fighting.-Sun Tzu

He who excels at war first excels at training men.-Sun Tzu

A skilled fighter will fight without fighting. In a word, the art of war is of vital importance to the State.-Sun Tzu

Soldiers fight not so much for possession of spoils as to prevent loss of honor.-Thucydides

In war, there is nothing to compare with victory.-Thucydides

Real power is the knack of being able to make someone else do what you want them to do.-Gilbert K. Chesterton

Only an optimist can change the world for better. Because if you are not an optimist, there’s no chance whatever.-Dalai Lama

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