Thucydides Quotes and its meanings
Thucydides quotes about Anger
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Thucydides quotes about Freedom
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What does Thucydides write about?
Thucydides has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about anger, courage, freedom, happiness, history, knowledge, legal, respect, teacher & war. People always share Anger quotes, Courage quotes, freedom, happiness, history, knowledge, legal, respect, teacher & war from his literary works.
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Here are the top most famous quotes by Thucydides.
- Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
- The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
- History is Philosophy teaching by example.
- Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
- 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.
- Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
- 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.