Thucydides Quotes

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

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.

You know and we know, as practical men that the question of justice arises only between parties equal in strength and that the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.