Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
ThucydidesRemember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
ThucydidesI have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time
ThucydidesI could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single individual, to stand or fall according as he spoke well or ill. For it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth.
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