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Thucydides Quotes about Peace

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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

Thucydides
Strength, Peace, Strong
N.K. Rutter, Thucydides (1996). “History of the Peloponnesian War: A Companion”, Bristol Classical Press

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

Thucydides
Peace, War, Ambition
Thucydides (1974). “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.279, Penguin UK

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

Thucydides
Peace, War, Blame
Thucydides (1974). “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.345, Penguin UK

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

Thucydides
Peace, War, Men

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
Strength, Peace, Military
Thucydides (1979). “The Speeches of Pericles”, Burns & Oates

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