Quotes by : Thucydides

In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought....

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like....

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or....

In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good;....

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like....

People are inclined to accept all stories of ancient times in an uncritical way -even when those stories....

Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might....

I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in....