... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in getting, they were born into the world to take no rest themselves, and to give none to others.
ThucydidesThey are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
ThucydidesWhat made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
ThucydidesYou should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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