Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured. – Thucydides
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. – Thucydides
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. – Thucydides
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. – Thucydides
We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school. – Thucydides
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. – Thucydides
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. – Thucydides
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. – Thucydides
Men’s indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior. – Thucydides
Be 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. – Thucydides
