Thucydides
"Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior."
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"Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior."
"يبدو أن غضب الرجال يشتد بفعل الظلم القانوني أكثر مما يشتد بفعل الظلم العنيف؛ فالأول يبدو كخداع من ندٍّ، بينما الثاني يبدو كإكراه من متفوق."
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"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."
"تندلع الحروب من أسباب خفية وغالبًا ما تكون تافهة، وغالبًا ما لا يكون أول شرارة لها سوى انفجار غضب."
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"Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved."
"الجهل جسور والمعرفة وقورة."
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"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage."
"سرّ السعادة هو الحرية... وسرّ الحرية هو الشجاعة."
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"History is Philosophy teaching by example."
"التاريخ هو الفلسفة تُعلِّم بالقدوة."
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"Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war."
"تيقّن أن السعادة تكمن في الحرية، وأن الحرية تستوجب الشجاعة. فلا تستهن بأخطار الحرب."
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"Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them."
"جُبل الرجال على ازدراء من يتودد إليهم، وإجلال من لا يلين لهم."
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"They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life do not on that account shrink from danger."
"إن أشجع النفوس وأجدرها بالإجلال، لهي تلك التي، مع إدراكها التام لآلام الحياة ومسراتها، لا تتوانى عن خوض غمار الخطر."
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"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."
"نكتسب الأصدقاء لا بقبول إحسانهم، بل بتقديم إحساننا."
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"In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our hopes not on a belief in his blunders, but on the soundness of our provisions. Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that the superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school."
"في التطبيق العملي، نؤسس استعداداتنا لمواجهة العدو دائمًا على افتراض جودة خططه؛ والحق أن من الصواب ألا نعلق آمالنا على ترقب أخطائه، بل على إحكام تدابيرنا. ولا ينبغي لنا أن نؤمن بوجود فروق جوهرية بين البشر، بل أن نرى أن الأفضلية لمن صقلته أقسى التجارب."
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"It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men."
"كثيرًا ما يكون من سوء الطالع أن يتولى شؤون الحكم رجال شديدو الذكاء. فهم يتوقعون الكثير جدًا من عامة الناس."
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"You know well as I do that when we are talking on the human plane, questions of justice only arise when there is equal power to compel: in terms of practicality the dominant exact what they can and the weak concede what they must. (Said by Athenian envoy to the Melians)"
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"Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous."
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"We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing"
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