For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.


Thucydides' Peloponnesian war (ed. 1903)

Thucydides Quotes

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: ...

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: ...

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: ...

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: ...