Thucydides

"The foundation of a free society is justice."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it."

"Those who fall in battle are remembered by history."

"The love of gain never made a state, but often makes an individual."

"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

"In a democracy, the wealthy have advantages."

"The good of an individual cannot supersede the good of the state."

"Men do not rest content as long as they can sensibly hope to rise."

"Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"Dreams are the touchstone of our characters."

"Greatness is not in being strong, but in the right use of strength."

"In this life, the important thing is not the positions we occupy, but the direction we give."

"The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool."

"People are more influenced by the example than the precept."

"The city is not the walls, but the men who live in them."

"We know that a city is well governed when its citizens are happy."

"The mark of a superior commander is the ability to perceive what the enemy cannot see."

"The fear of the gods is the beginning of wisdom."

"In their actions, all men are equal in striving for glory."

"We are not enemies because we do not agree, but companions because we exist together."

"The suffering of the body is temporary, but the suffering of the soul is eternal."

"To do something noble is better than to live long."

"The greatest improbability often becomes the greatest probability."

"Men are most apt to believe what they least understand."

"The secret of success is constancy of purpose."

"Wars deplete nations of their resources and their best young men."

"A rash action is often disguised as courage."

"The bond between people is stronger than the laws that govern them."

"The words of dead men are modified in the guts of the living."