Thucydides

"The greatest tragedy is the waste of human potential."

"In the face of fate, man must act as if he were free."

"The tyrant's smile hides the tyrant's heart."

"Those who endure to the end shall see victory."

"The foundation of justice is truth."

"In times of crisis, the character of nations is tested."

"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."

"Most people's judgments are determined by hate or love."

"In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end."

"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

"Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most."

"Men create gods after their own image, not only in form but in function."

"Great is the power of habit; it teaches us to do everything."

"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage."

"Ignorance is a matter of inconvenience, while a lie is a matter of character."

"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes."

"Justice grows out of the desire to retaliate injury."

"In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and fathers bury sons."

"What made me fall in love was beauty, intelligence, and kindness."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

"Quick success is easier to achieve than lasting success."

"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and acting done by fools."

"It is shameful that the people should fear the government, instead the government should fear the people."

"Human nature will find the outlet that it must, either to good or to ill."

"The prize for victory is often internal peace of mind."

"He who least likes to give orders is the one most suited to give them."

"To love one's country as a friend, not as a master, is the definition of patriotism."

"The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power."

"Knowledge without courage is merely knowledge."

"Slow but steady wins not only the race, but the respect of one's rivals."