 they were born neither to have peace themselves nor to allow peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth. ' In the face of such an enemy, Lacedaemonians, you persist in doing nothing. You do not see that peace is best secured by those who use...  Thucydides - Page 37by Thucydides - 1881Full view - About this book
 | William Dillon - 1888 - 360 pages
...inaction to be as disagreeable as the most tiresome work. In a word, if a man should say of them that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor to allow peace to other men, he would speak the simple truth." " Neither to have peace themselves, nor to allow peace to other men "—this... | |
 | Evelyn Abbott - 1891 - 494 pages
...inaction to be as disagreeable as the most tiresome business. If a man should say of them, in a word, that they were born neither to have peace themselves, nor...simply speak the truth." * In the face of such an enemy delay was fatal. Let the Spartans at last shake off their lethargy, and go with the stream. They must... | |
 | Evelyn Abbott - 1891 - 484 pages
...inaction to be as disagreeable as the most tiresome business. If a man should say of them, in a word, that they were born neither to have peace themselves, nor...simply speak the truth." * In the face of such an enemy delay was fatal. Let the Spartans at last shake off their lethargy, and go with the stream. They must... | |
 | JAMES RICHARD JOY, M.A. - 1892 - 346 pages
...inaction is more irksome than the most tedious endeavor. If a man should say of them, in fine, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor...peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth." The same Spartan assembly heard the grievances of Megara and yEgina, and decided that the action of... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1892 - 448 pages
...inaction is more irksome than the most tedious endeavor. If a man should say of them, in fine, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor...peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth." The same Spartan assembly heard the grievances of Megara and ^Egina, and decided that the action of... | |
 | Arthur James Grant - 1893 - 366 pages
...utmost; when defeated they fall back the least. . . . If a man should say of them, in a word, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor...peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth." To all this rhetoric the Athenians seem to have answered in a cooler strain. They called to memory... | |
 | Arthur James Grant - 1893 - 362 pages
...utmost; when defeated they fall back the least. . . . If a man should say of them, in a word, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor to allow peace to other men, he.would simply speak the truth." To all this rhetoric the Athenians seem to have answered in a cooler... | |
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1896 - 298 pages
...inaction to be as disagreeable as the most tiresome business. If a man should say of them, in a word, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor...peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth." 1 The qualities here set forth by Thucydides as characteristic of the Athenians, were partly the cause... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1900 - 326 pages
...inaction is more irksome than the most tedious endeavor. If a man should say of them, in fine, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor...peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth." The same Spartan assembly heard the grievances of Megara and ^Egina, and decided that the action of... | |
 | Edward Capps - 1901 - 514 pages
...inaction to be as disagreeable as the most tiresome business. If a man should say of them, in a word, that they were born neither to have peace themselves nor...allow peace to other men, he would simply speak the truth.—I, 70. I quote next two extracts from the magnificent funeral oration of Pericles, delivered... | |
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