Pericles (-494–-429 BC) Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens
Book 2
History of the Peloponnesian War
“Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten”
Book II, 2.64-[5]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II
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