3000 BCE – 500 CE
Classical antiquity — Greece, Rome, and the great empires of the Mediterranean and East.
I have lived long enough, for I die unconquered.
— Epaminondas
"I have lived long enough, for I die unconquered."
Diversity in counsel, unity in command.
— Cyrus the Great
"Diversity in counsel, unity in command."
Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones.
— Scipio Africanus
"Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones."
I never learned how to tune a harp, but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory.
— Themistocles
"I never learned how to tune a harp, but I know how to raise a small and obscure ..."
Tonight we shall dine in Hades.
— Leonidas I
"Tonight we shall dine in Hades."
"Come and take them."
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."
Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you …
— Sun Tzu
"Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in per..."
All warfare is based on deception.
"All warfare is based on deception."
I cannot show the images of my ancestors, but I can show the spoils and the scars I have won.
— Gaius Marius
"I cannot show the images of my ancestors, but I can show the spoils and the scar..."
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."
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are w..."
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