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
Before, Clearest, Surely
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
- Thucydides
Mind, Manliness, Greeks, Tastes
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
- Thucydides
Doing, Favors, Them, Accepting
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
- Thucydides
Brilliant, Charge, Very, Ordinary Men
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
Excited, Like, Violent, Cheated
Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.
- Thucydides
Justice, Will, Injured, Athens
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
Perils, Means, Take, Be Brave
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
- Thucydides
Desire, Brought, Issue, Prudent
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
- Thucydides
History, Teacher, Teaching, Philosophy
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
- Thucydides
Anger, Often, Being, Insignificant
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
- Thucydides
Men, Give, Naturally, Court
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
- Thucydides
Ignorance, Intelligence, Bold
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
- Thucydides
Strong, Weak, Accept
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
- Thucydides
Happiness, Courage, Freedom, Secret
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
Best, Remember, Another, Trained
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