History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.

Mel.But how can it be profitable for us to serve, though it be so for you to command?

Ath.Because you, by obeying, shall save yourselves from extremity; and we, not destroying you, shall reap profit by you.