 | Thucydides - 1874 - 738 pagina’s
...die resisting, rather than to live BEGINNING OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR. [43. BOOK II. «- — i BC 431 submitting, they fled only from dishonour, but met...to face, and after one brief moment, while at the Biunmit of their fortune, were taken away, not from their fear, but from their glory. ' So died these... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 782 pagina’s
...their constancy we can but recall Pericles' words over the Athenian dead in the Peloponnesian war: "Thus choosing to die resisting rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonor, but met danger face to face, and after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune,... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 790 pagina’s
...their constancy we can but recall Pericles' words over the Athenian dead in the Peloponnesian war: "Thus choosing to die resisting rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonor, but met danger face to face, and after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune,... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 468 pagina’s
...their constancy we can but recall Pericles' words over the Athenian dead in the Peloponnesian war: "Thus choosing to die resisting rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonor, but met danger face to face, and after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune,... | |
 | Ida Carleton Thallon - 1914 - 680 pagina’s
...gave the first intimation of their having any. For there is justice in the claim that stedfastness in his country's battles should be as a cloak to cover...and after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune, escaped, not from their fear, but from their glory. " So died these men as became Athenians.... | |
 | Maurice Maeterlinck - 1916 - 348 pagina’s
...gave the first intimation of their having any. For there is justice in the claim that steadfastness in his country's battles should be as a cloak to cover...and, after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune, escaped not from their fear but from their glory. "So died these man as became Athenians.... | |
 | Maurice Maeterlinck - 1916 - 326 pagina’s
...him to shrink from danger. No, holding that vengeance upon their enemies was more to be desired that any personal blessings and reckoning this to be the...and, after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune, escaped not from their fear but from their glory. "So died these men as became Athenians.... | |
 | Maurice Maeterlinck - 1916 - 346 pagina’s
...was more to be desired than any personal blessings and reckoning this to be the most glorious of 173 hazards, they joyfully determined to accept the risk,...and, after one brief moment, while at the summit of their fortune, escaped not from their fear but from their glory. "So died these man as became Athenians.... | |
 | Paul Moraux, Jürgen Wiesner - 1983 - 424 pagina’s
...wretched that he is. Nor does anyone come near to him to treat his sickness. accept the risk . . . Thus choosing to die resisting, rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonor, but met danger face to face, and in one brief moment, at the summit of their glory, they... | |
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... wishes wait ; and while committing to hope the uncertainty of final success, in the business before them they thought fit to act boldly and trust in themselves. Thus choosing to die resisting, rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonour,... 
