Thucydides Quotes

“Men assumed the right to reverse the usual values in the application of words to actions. Reckless audacity came to be thought as comradely courage, while for-sighted hesitation became well-disguised cowardice; moderation was a front for unmanliness; and to understand everything was to accomplish nothing.”
― Thucydides, Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books VI and VII: A Companion to the Penguin Translation