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Thucydide citations célèbres
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Premières lignes du livre.
Discours de Cléon à l’Assemblée athénienne.
Thucydide: Citations en anglais
Book I, 1.140-[5]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
Book VIII, 8.89
As quoted in A Historical Commentary on Thucydides: A Companion to Rex Warner’s Penguin Translation, David Cartwright/Rex Warner, University of Michigan Press (1997), p. 298 : ISBN 0472084194
In the Richard Crawley translation, this quote is rendered as follows : [U]nder a democracy a disappointed candidate accepts his defeat more easily, because he has not the humiliation of being beaten by his equals.
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book VIII
Book VII, 7.29-[4]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book VII
Book II, 99,-[3]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II
Book III, 3.10-[2]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book III
Book IV, 4.108-[4]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book IV
Book II, 2.40-[3]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II
“speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.”
Book I, 1.121-[5]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
Book III, 3.42-[1] (Speech of Diodotus..).
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book III
Book IV, 4.125-[1]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book IV
Book VI, 6.89-[6]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book VI
Book I, 1.123-[1]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
Book I, Chapter III
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
“I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”
Book I, Chapter V
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
Book I, 1.23-[6]. (See: Thucydides Trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides%20Trap)
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I