Thucydides Quote

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.


History of the Peloponnesian War Done Into English (ed. 1914)


Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are...

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are...

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are...

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are...