Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their …

Thucydides
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Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which all can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day of danger when their aid may be required ✨ Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). The Landmark Thucydides, p.201, Simon and Schuster
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