Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. -Thucydides Anger
Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior. -Thucydides Legal
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. -Thucydides Men
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. -Thucydides War
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. -Thucydides Respect
