28 ordspråk av Thucydides
Thucydides
 An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful |
| An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought |
| For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak grant what they must |
| History is Philosophy teaching by examples. |
| Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. |
| It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. |
| Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured |
| Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. |
| 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 |
| The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. |
| The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. |
| The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the risks to be incurred, and the other side would rather avoid danger than accept an immediate loss. |
Number of proverbs are 1469510
varav 1407627 på engelska
Proverb (1469510 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3317 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
Greetings
Write a greeting
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Här har vi samlat citat sedan 1990!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!
varav 1407627 på engelska
Proverb (1469510 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3317 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
Greetings
Write a greeting
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Här har vi samlat citat sedan 1990!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!
 |
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Här har vi samlat citat sedan 1990!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!