Thucydides
Thucydides
Thucydideswas an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionHistorian
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As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.
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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.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
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It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
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And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.
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You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.
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Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
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It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
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Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly.
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In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.