self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.


Book I, 1.84; "self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage" (trans. Charles Forster Smith) - History of the Peloponnesian War

Internet Archive Thucydides. With an English translation by Charles Forster Smith


Self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.

Self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.

Self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.

Self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.