Citas de Tucídides

• Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

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  People, Stories, Firsts

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  The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

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  Fuerza, Paz, Fuerte

  N.K. Rutter, Thucydides (1996). “History of the Peloponnesian War: A Companion”, Bristol Classical Press

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• La guerra es algo malo; pero someterse al dictado de otros estados es peor.... La libertad, si nos aferramos a ella, acabará por restaurar nuestras pérdidas, pero la sumisión significará la pérdida permanente de todo lo que valoramos.... A vosotros que os llamáis hombres de paz, os digo: No estáis a salvo a menos que tengáis hombres de acción de vuestro lado.

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  War, Mean, Loss

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• The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

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  Secreto

  "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides, book II, 2.43,

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  Los más valientes son, sin duda, aquellos que tienen la visión más clara de lo que tienen ante sí, gloria y peligro por igual, y aun así salen a su encuentro.

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  Inspiración, Vida, Positivo

  Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Knowledge without understanding is useless.

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  Understanding, Useless

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  Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

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  Peace, War, Ambition

  Thucydides (1974). “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.279, Penguin UK

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• Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

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  Commodity, Be Prepared, Prepared

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• It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.

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  People, Looks, Politics

  Thucydides (1970). “Athens at war”, Putnam Aeronautical Books

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• When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

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  Men, Liberty, Use

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• Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

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  Patience, Men, Politics

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.2245, Delphi Classics

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  We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

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  Military, School, Men

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.61, Delphi Classics

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• El autocontrol es el principal elemento del respeto a uno mismo, y el respeto a uno mismo, a su vez, es el principal elemento del valor.

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  Self Esteem, Self Respect, Self Control

  "History of the Peloponnesian War".

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• When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

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  Science, Men, Logic

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• History is Philosophy teaching by example.

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  Teacher, Art, Philosophy

  Thucydides, Richard Shilleto (1872). “Thucydidis I-II: With collation of the two Cambridge mss. and the Aldine and Juntine editions. By Richard Shilleto”, p.28

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• Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

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  Human Nature, Constant, Humans

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• I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

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  Peace, War, Blame

  Thucydides (1974). “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.345, Penguin UK

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• Algunos legisladores sólo desean vengarse de un enemigo concreto. Otros sólo miran por sí mismos. Dedican muy poco tiempo a la consideración de cualquier asunto público. Piensan que su negligencia no les causará ningún daño. Actúan como si siempre fuera asunto de otro ocuparse de esto o de aquello. Cuando todos tienen esta noción egoísta, la comunidad empieza a decaer lentamente.

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  Selfish, Thinking, Issues

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• When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.

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  Danger, Interest, Involved

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• Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

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  Strong, Suffering, World

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.352, Simon and Schuster

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• I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.

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  Mistake, Enemy, Intention

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• Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures.

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  Clever, Military, Adventure

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• You shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose

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  Sorry, Lifestyle, Modern

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• Stories happen to those who tell them.

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  Stories, Happens

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• Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

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  Ignorancia, Religión, Ateísmo

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