Thucydides - Glory Quotes

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But the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

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Great is the glory of the woman who occasions the least talk among men, whether of praise or of blame.

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It must be thoroughly understood that war is a necessity, and that the more readily we accept it, the less will be the ardor of our opponents, and that out of the greatest dangers communities and individuals acquire the greatest glory.

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Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten

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We must march against the enemy, and teach him that he must go and get what he wants by attacking someone who will not resist him, but that men whose glory it is to be always ready to give battle for the liberty of their own country, and never unjustly to enslave that of others, will not let him go without a struggle.

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