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Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in Histoire de I'Ambassade dans le grand-duche de Varsovie en 1812 [History of the Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1812], written by M. de Pradt. Paris: Pilet, 1815.
Quoted in History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides
Speech to the defeated Athenian army at Syracuse, 413 BC.
Nicias. Quoted in History of the Pelopponesian War, written by Thucydides. c. 405 BC, bk. 7.
Nicias. Quoted in History of the Pelopponesian War, written by Thucydides, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 7.
Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch
Crassus. Quoted in "Crassus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 26.
Crassus. Quoted in "Crassus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 26.
Grant, Ulysses S. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1869, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Speech to the French army in Egypt on July 21st, 1798, before the Battle of the Pyramids.
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon, written by Gaspard Gourgaud. Vol. 2, London: Henry Colburn, 1823. Originally stated during a speech prior to the Battle of the Pyramids [Battle of Embabeh]. 21 July 1798, Embabeh, Egypt.
Preventing his men from cheering after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Grant, Ulysses S. Preventing his men from cheering after Lee's surrender. 9 Apr. 1865, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA.
Grant, Ulysses S. Quoted in "Civil War: A Narrative." Written by Shelby Foote. Vol. 3, Modern Library, 2011.
Grant, Ulysses S. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1869, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides
Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.
Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides
Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.
Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
Cromwell, Oliver. Speech to the First Protectorate Parliament. 12 Sept. 1654, London, England, UK.
Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides
Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
Grant, Ulysses S. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1873, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Note sent to a Confederate general during the Civil War.
Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Note to General S. B. Buckner. 16 Feb. 1862.
Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Quoted in The Generals' Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today, written by Stephen Cushman. UNC Press Books, 2021.
Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides
Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides
Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
Jackson, Stonewall. Last words. 10 May 1863, Guinea, Virginia, USA.
Lee, Robert E. Spoken to a friend who condemned the North at the end of the war. c. 1865.
Lee, Robert E. Quoted in The Civil War: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey C. Ward. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, ch. 5.
Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch
Themistocles. Quoted in "Themistocles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 2, sect. 3.
Themistocles. Quoted in "Themistocles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 2, sect. 3.
Westmoreland, William C. Quoted in Washington Post. 19 March 1982.