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THUCYDIDES Quotes

(460-400 B. C.), Greek historian

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

So remarkably perverse is the nature of man, that he despises those that court him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.