History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Crawley, Richard, translator. London and Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1914.

‘And how, pray, could it turn out as good for us to serve as for you to rule?’

‘Because you would have the advantage of submitting before suffering the worst, and we should gain by not destroying you.’