Thucydides Quotes about School

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

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

Military, School, Men

Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.61, Delphi Classics

He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

Thucydides

School, Succeed, Graduates

There is no need to suppose that human beings differ very much one from another; but it is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school.

Thucydides

School, Needs, Hardest

In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our hopes not on a belief in his blunders, but on the soundness of our provisions. Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that the superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school.

Thucydides

Lying, Believe, School

Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

Thucydides Quotes about School

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