“self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.”
Book I, 1.84; "self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage" ( trans. Charles Forster Smith https://archive.org/stream/thucydideswithen01thucuoft/thucydideswithen01thucuoft#page/142/mode/2up)
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
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