We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing
ThucydidesFor they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
ThucydidesThucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.
ThucydidesHe passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.
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