History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

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

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

Mel.But will you not accept that we remain quiet and be your friends (whereas before we were your enemies), and take part with neither?