Thucydides Quotes about Safety

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For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

Thucydides

Long, Safety, Training

Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.1879, Delphi Classics

speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

Thucydides

Safety, Causes, Action

Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

For if many ill-conceived plans have succeeded through the still greater lack of judgment of an opponent, many more, apparently well laid, have on the contrary ended in disgrace. The confidence with which we form our schemes is never completely justified in their execution; speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

Thucydides

Safety, Opponents, Causes

Thucydides (1996). “The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War”

Thucydides Quotes about Safety

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