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Thucydides quotes about war

Greek Historian

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For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men. Make them your examples, and, esteeming courage to be freedom and freedom to be happiness, do not weigh too nicely the perils of war."[Funeral Oration of Pericles] 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
Think, too, of the great part that is played by the unpredictable in war: think of it now, before you are actually comitted to war. The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents. Neither you nor we can see into them: we have to abide their outcome in the dark. And when people are entering upon a war they do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only when they have already suffered that they begin to think. Thucydides
Thucydides quote: "Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on."
Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on. Thucydides
A nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its laws made by cowards and its wars fought by fools. Thucydides
Thucydides quote: "War is a matter not so much of arms as of money."
War is a matter not so much of arms as of money. Thucydides
Thucydides quote: "Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes,..."
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. Thucydides
Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might live on the country during the prosecution of the war. Thucydides

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