Thucydides Quote

Quote from Thucydides,

"For it is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not fancy."

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Thucydides (more quotes by Thucydides or books by/about Thucydides)

[Thoukudídês] (c.455-c.400 BC) Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

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History of the Peloponnesian War p. 276 Book 4

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Deception, Hope, Populism, Subservience

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By:	Thucydides (more quotes by Thucydides or books by/about Thucydides)
	[Thoukudídês] (c.455-c.400 BC) Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
Source:	History of the Peloponnesian War p. 276 Book 4
Categories:	Deception, Hope, Populism, Subservience
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