Thucydides (460 BC- 395 BC) quotes

 

• History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
• Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
• It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
• Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
• The secret of freedom, courage.
• The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
• We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.