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• El significado de las palabras ya no tenía la misma relación con las cosas... La audacia temeraria se consideraba valor leal; el retraso prudente era la excusa de un cobarde; la moderación era el disfraz de una debilidad poco varonil; saberlo todo era no hacer nada. La energía frenética era la verdadera cualidad del hombre.

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  Wisdom, Men, Coward

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.199, Delphi Classics

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• It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

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  Guerra, Error, Militar

  Thucydides (1965). “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.39, Hayes Barton Press

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• To be an object of hatred and aversion to their contemporaries has been the usual fate of all those whose merit has raised them above the common level. The man who submits to the shafts of envy for the sake of noble objects pursues a judicious course for his own lasting fame. Hatred dies with its object, while merit soon breaks forth in full splendor, and his glory is handed down to posterity in never-dying strains.

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  Fate, Men, Envy

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• La Guerra del Peloponeso no es una crónica árida de causas y efectos abstractos. No, es ante todo una historia intensa, fascinante y atemporal de hombres fuertes y débiles, de héroes y canallas, y también de inocentes, todos atrapados en las fatídicas circunstancias de la rebelión, la peste y la guerra que siempre despojan a la cultura de su barniz y nos muestran tal como somos en realidad.

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  Strong, War, Hero

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• El secreto de la libertad, el coraje.

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  Courage, Freedom, Secret

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• Estad convencidos de que ser feliz significa ser libre y que ser libre significa ser valiente. Por tanto, no toméis a la ligera los peligros de la guerra.

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  Strength, Peace, Military

  Thucydides (1979). “The Speeches of Pericles”, Burns & Oates

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• Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

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  Want, Three, Failing

  "The History of the Peloponnesian War".

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• Porque habían aprendido que la verdadera seguridad se encontraba en un largo entrenamiento previo, y no en elocuentes exhortaciones pronunciadas cuando entraban en acción.

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  Long, Safety, Training

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.1879, Delphi Classics

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• Porque los hombres desprecian naturalmente a quienes los cortejan, pero respetan a quienes no les ceden el paso.

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  Religious, Men, Giving

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.176, Delphi Classics

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• The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.

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  Party, Passion, Ambition

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• If it had not been for the pernicious power of envy, men would not so have exalted vengeance above innocence and profit above justice... in these acts of revenge on others, men take it upon themselves to begin the process of repealing those general laws of humanity which are there to give a hope of salvation to all who are in distress.

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  Revenge, Men, Law

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• Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

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  People, Justice, Attention

  Thucydides (1970). “Athens at war”, Putnam Aeronautical Books

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• El crecimiento del poder de Atenas, y la alarma que esto inspiraba en Esparta, hicieron inevitable la guerra.

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  War, Growth, Alarms

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

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  Adversity, Prosperity, Easier

  Thucydides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thucydides (Illustrated)”, p.176, Delphi Classics

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• Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes

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  Luck, Reason, Modern

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• The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content. In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

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  Winning, Past, Romance

  History of the Peloponnesian War bk. 1, ch. 1

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• It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

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  Paz, Guerra, Hombres

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• La fuerza de un Ejército reside en la estricta disciplina y en la obediencia sin desviaciones a sus oficiales.

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  Lying, Military, Army

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• La guerra no es tanto una cuestión de armas como de dinero.

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  War, Matter, Arms

  Thucydides (1965). “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.40, Hayes Barton Press

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• People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking

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  Pensamiento, Personas, Deseo

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• Ojalá la reputación de muchos hombres valientes no se viera comprometida por las palabras de una sola persona, de modo que dependiera de si hablaba bien o mal. Porque es difícil hablar adecuadamente sobre un tema cuando resulta incluso complicado convencer a los oyentes de que se está diciendo la verdad.

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  Fall, Men, Brave

  Thucydides, Ruth Finnegan “History of Greece”, Lulu.com

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• The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Fate

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• Los griegos somos amantes de lo bello, pero sencillos en nuestros gustos, y cultivamos la mente sin perder la hombría.

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  Beautiful, Loss, Simple

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• La esperanza, consuelo del peligro

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  Danger, Comforter

  Thucydides (1965). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.368, Library of Alexandria

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• Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

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  War, Armistice

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