Thucydides Quote

In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.


Book I, 1.22- - History of the Peloponnesian War


In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.