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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. - Thucydides

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Name: Thucydides
Born: 460 B.C. Died: 400 B.C.
Profession: Historian |

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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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Thucydides quotes

Author's Biography:
Name: Thucydides
Born: 460 B.C. Died: 400 B.C.
Profession: Historian |

Related Authors
Herodotus | Xenophon | Charles Kingsley | Ludwig von Mises | Daniel Webster | Alice Munro |

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.

You are More Than Enough. If You Work with Faith.

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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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Thucydides quotes

Author's Biography: Name: Thucydides Born: 460 B.C. Died: 400 B.C. Profession: Historian |

Related Authors Herodotus | Xenophon | Charles Kingsley | Ludwig von Mises | Daniel Webster | Alice Munro |

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.

You are More Than Enough. If You Work with Faith.

Run your race. Don't look to the left or right, stay focused on your calling

Width of life is more important than length of life.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

You're at your best when you're authentic to your core.

My whole life is an interracial relationship! It's inescapable. I am who I am.

Cut out the noise, focus on doing the right thing, making an impact on opening doors for others to come.

Sight sometimes is a distraction

If you see an angel passing. Tell him tell him to come my way

Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.

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We don't just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates.

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Author's Biography:
Name: Thucydides
Born: 460 B.C. Died: 400 B.C.
Profession: Historian |

Related Authors
Herodotus | Xenophon | Charles Kingsley | Ludwig von Mises | Daniel Webster | Alice Munro |