So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.
ThucydidesBe 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.
ThucydidesYou shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose
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.
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