3000 BCE – 500 CE
Classical antiquity — Greece, Rome, and the great empires of the Mediterranean and East.
It is better that the guilty go unpunished than that the innocent be condemned.
— Trajan
"It is better that the guilty go unpunished than that the innocent be condemned."
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
— Alexander the Great
"I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity."
"The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win."
In commanding troops, the more the better.
— Han Xin
"In commanding troops, the more the better."
I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me…
— Cao Cao
"I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me."
"Success always calls for greater generosity."
Strike, if you will, but hear me.
— Themistocles
"Strike, if you will, but hear me."
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try."
Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones.
— Scipio Africanus
"Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones."
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are w..."
Place soldiers where there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight.
"Place soldiers where there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight."
I never learned how to tune a harp, but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory.
"I never learned how to tune a harp, but I know how to raise a small and obscure ..."
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