We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing...

Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

Peloponnesian War, II, 40

Thucydides Quotes

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

Quote of the day

A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that 'the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.'

Thucydides

Thucydides

Creative Commons

Born: 460 BC

Died: 400 BC (aged 60)

Featured Authors

Lists

Predictions that didn't happen

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Picture Quotes

If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

Confucius

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Philip James Bailey

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Popular Topics

life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day

100% Sourced Quotes.

Our motto is: Don't quote it if you can't source it.

Contact us

Social Media

Facebook
Instagram
X (Twitter)
Pinterest

Recent

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Subscribe to our Newsletter:

Quote of the Day
JS and WordPress

Subscribe
to RSS Feeds

© 2024 LibQuotes

Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / About Us

Lib Quotes