“Knowledge without understanding is useless.” ~ Thucydides

“The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.” ~ Thucydides

“The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.” ~ Thucydides

“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.” ~ 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

“We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.” ~ Thucydides

“Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.” ~ Thucydides

“We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.” ~ Thucydides

“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.” ~ Thucydides
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