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1 # Translation template for 0 A.D. — Empires Ascendant.
2 # Copyright © 2014 Wildfire Games
3 # This file is distributed under the same license as the 0 A.D. — Empires Ascendant project.
4 #
5 # Translators:
6 # Ankomias, 2014
7 # chaoky <charleszhang99@yahoo.com>, 2014
8 # nylki, 2014
9 msgid ""
10 msgstr ""
11 "Project-Id-Version: 0 A.D.\n"
12 "POT-Creation-Date: 2017-12-29 09:06+0100\n"
13 "PO-Revision-Date: 2017-12-29 15:18+0000\n"
14 "Last-Translator: Adrián Chaves Fernández <adriyetichaves@gmail.com>\n"
15 "Language-Team: Latin (http://www.transifex.com/wildfire-games/0ad/language/la/)\n"
16 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
17 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
18 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
19 "Language: la\n"
20 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
22 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.js:6
23 msgctxt "ai"
24 msgid "None"
25 msgstr ""
27 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.js:7
28 msgid "AI will be disabled for this player."
29 msgstr ""
31 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:55
32 msgctxt "team"
33 msgid "None"
34 msgstr ""
36 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:71
37 msgctxt "civilization"
38 msgid "Random"
39 msgstr ""
41 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:72
42 msgid "Picks one civilization at random when the game starts."
43 msgstr ""
45 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:110
46 #, javascript-format
47 msgid "* %(username)s is not ready."
48 msgstr ""
50 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:111
51 msgid "I'm ready"
52 msgstr ""
54 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:112
55 msgid "State that you are ready to play."
56 msgstr ""
58 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:116
59 #, javascript-format
60 msgid "* %(username)s is ready!"
61 msgstr ""
63 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:117
64 msgid "Stay ready"
65 msgstr ""
67 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:118
68 msgid "Stay ready even when the game settings change."
69 msgstr ""
71 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:123
72 msgid "I'm not ready!"
73 msgstr ""
75 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:124
76 msgid "State that you are not ready to play."
77 msgstr ""
79 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:147
80 msgid "Game settings have been changed"
81 msgstr ""
83 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:148
84 #, javascript-format
85 msgid "%(username)s has joined"
86 msgstr ""
88 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:149
89 #, javascript-format
90 msgid "%(username)s has left"
91 msgstr "%(username)s abivit"
93 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:150
94 #, javascript-format
95 msgid "%(username)s has been kicked"
96 msgstr ""
98 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:151
99 #, javascript-format
100 msgid "%(username)s has been banned"
101 msgstr ""
103 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:152
104 #, javascript-format
105 msgid "%(username)s %(message)s"
106 msgstr "%(username)s %(message)s"
108 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:153
109 #, javascript-format
110 msgid "<%(username)s>"
111 msgstr "<%(username)s>"
113 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:163
114 msgctxt "map filter"
115 msgid "Default"
116 msgstr ""
118 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:164
119 msgctxt "map filter"
120 msgid "All maps except naval and demo maps."
121 msgstr ""
123 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:170
124 msgid "Naval Maps"
125 msgstr ""
127 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:171
128 msgctxt "map filter"
129 msgid "Maps where ships are needed to reach the enemy."
130 msgstr ""
132 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:176
133 msgid "Demo Maps"
134 msgstr ""
136 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:177
137 msgctxt "map filter"
138 msgid "These maps are not playable but for demonstration purposes only."
139 msgstr ""
141 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:182
142 msgid "New Maps"
143 msgstr ""
145 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:183
146 msgctxt "map filter"
147 msgid "Maps that are brand new in this release of the game."
148 msgstr ""
150 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:188
151 msgid "Trigger Maps"
152 msgstr ""
154 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:189
155 msgctxt "map filter"
156 msgid "Maps that come with scripted events and potentially spawn enemy units."
157 msgstr ""
159 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:194
160 msgid "All Maps"
161 msgstr ""
163 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:195
164 msgctxt "map filter"
165 msgid "Every map of the chosen maptype."
166 msgstr ""
168 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:404
169 msgid "Map Type"
170 msgstr ""
172 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:405
173 msgid "Select a map type."
174 msgstr "Mappae typum selige."
176 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:428
177 msgid "Map Filter"
178 msgstr ""
180 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:429
181 msgid "Select a map filter."
182 msgstr "Mappae filtrum selige."
184 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:444
185 msgid "Select Map"
186 msgstr ""
188 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:445
189 msgid "Select a map to play on."
190 msgstr "Mappam ludere selige. "
192 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:459
193 msgid "Map Size"
194 msgstr ""
196 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:460
197 msgid "Select map size. (Larger sizes may reduce performance.)"
198 msgstr "Mappae magnitudo selige. (Maiores magnitudines celeritatem deducat.)"
200 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:474
201 msgid "Biome"
202 msgstr ""
204 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:475
205 msgid "Select the flora and fauna."
206 msgstr ""
208 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:490
209 msgid "Number of Players"
210 msgstr ""
212 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:491
213 msgid "Select number of players."
214 msgstr "Lusorum numerum selige."
216 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:511
217 msgid "Population Cap"
218 msgstr ""
220 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:518
221 msgid "Select population limit."
222 msgstr ""
224 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:521
225 #, javascript-format
226 msgid ""
227 "Warning: There might be performance issues if all %(players)s players reach "
228 "%(popCap)s population."
229 msgstr ""
231 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:539
232 msgid "Starting Resources"
233 msgstr ""
235 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:542
236 #, javascript-format
237 msgid "Initial amount of each resource: %(resources)s."
238 msgstr ""
240 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:545
241 msgid "Select the game's starting resources."
242 msgstr ""
244 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:560
245 msgid "Ceasefire"
246 msgstr ""
248 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:561
249 msgid "Set time where no attacks are possible."
250 msgstr ""
252 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:574
253 msgid "Victory Condition"
254 msgstr ""
256 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:575
257 msgid "Select victory condition."
258 msgstr "Victoriae conditionalem selige."
260 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:590
261 msgid "Relic Count"
262 msgstr ""
264 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:591
265 msgid ""
266 "Total number of relics spawned on the map. Relic victory is most realistic "
267 "with only one or two relics. With greater numbers, the relics are important "
268 "to capture to receive aura bonuses."
269 msgstr ""
271 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:605
272 msgid "Relic Duration"
273 msgstr ""
275 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:606
276 msgid "Minutes until the player has achieved Relic Victory."
277 msgstr ""
279 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:620
280 msgid "Wonder Duration"
281 msgstr ""
283 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:621
284 msgid "Minutes until the player has achieved Wonder Victory."
285 msgstr ""
287 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:635
288 msgid "Game Speed"
289 msgstr ""
291 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:636
292 msgid "Select game speed."
293 msgstr "Ludi Celeritatem selige."
295 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:702
296 msgid "Chose the civilization for this player"
297 msgstr ""
299 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:742
300 msgid "Hero Garrison"
301 msgstr ""
303 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:743
304 msgid "Toggle whether heroes can be garrisoned."
305 msgstr ""
307 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
308 #. explored map options!
309 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:757
310 msgid "Revealed Map"
311 msgstr ""
313 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
314 #. explored map options!
315 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:760
316 msgid "Toggle revealed map (see everything)."
317 msgstr ""
319 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
320 #. explored map options!
321 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:776
322 msgid "Explored Map"
323 msgstr ""
325 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
326 #. explored map options!
327 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:779
328 msgid "Toggle explored map (see initial map)."
329 msgstr ""
331 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:790
332 msgid "Disable Treasures"
333 msgstr ""
335 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:791
336 msgid "Disable all treasures on the map."
337 msgstr ""
339 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:802
340 msgid "Disable Spies"
341 msgstr ""
343 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:803
344 msgid "Disable spies during the game."
345 msgstr ""
347 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:814
348 msgid "Teams Locked"
349 msgstr ""
351 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:815
352 msgid "Toggle locked teams."
353 msgstr ""
355 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:829
356 msgid "Last Man Standing"
357 msgstr ""
359 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:830
360 msgid ""
361 "Toggle whether the last remaining player or the last remaining set of allies"
362 " wins."
363 msgstr ""
365 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:843
366 msgid "Cheats"
367 msgstr ""
369 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:844
370 msgid "Toggle the usability of cheats."
371 msgstr ""
373 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:857
374 msgid "Rated Game"
375 msgstr ""
377 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:858
378 msgid "Toggle if this game will be rated for the leaderboard."
379 msgstr ""
381 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:884
382 #, javascript-format
383 msgid "Press %(hotkey)s to autocomplete playernames or settings."
384 msgstr ""
386 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:892
387 msgid "Return to the lobby."
388 msgstr ""
390 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:893
391 msgid "Return to the main menu."
392 msgstr ""
394 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:897
395 msgid "Start Game!"
396 msgstr ""
398 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:903
399 msgid "Start a new game with the current settings."
400 msgstr "Incipere novum ludum cum condicionibus praesentibus."
402 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:904
403 msgid ""
404 "Start a new game with the current settings (disabled until all players are "
405 "ready)"
406 msgstr ""
408 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:958
409 #, javascript-format
410 msgid "Configure AI: %(description)s."
411 msgstr ""
413 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1493
414 msgctxt "map selection"
415 msgid "Random"
416 msgstr ""
418 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1495
419 msgid "Pick any of the given maps at random."
420 msgstr ""
422 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1518
423 msgctxt "biome"
424 msgid "Random"
425 msgstr ""
427 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1519
428 msgid "Pick a biome at random."
429 msgstr ""
431 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1811 gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1853
432 #, javascript-format
433 msgid "%(option)s:"
434 msgstr ""
436 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1816
437 msgctxt "option value"
438 msgid "Unknown"
439 msgstr ""
441 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1846
442 msgid "Yes"
443 msgstr "Sic"
445 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1846
446 msgid "No"
447 msgstr "Non"
449 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:1940
450 #, javascript-format
451 msgid "%(playerName)s %(romanNumber)s"
452 msgstr ""
454 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2143
455 #, javascript-format
456 msgid "AI: %(ai)s"
457 msgstr "AI: %(ai)s"
459 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2151
460 msgid "Unassigned"
461 msgstr ""
463 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2227
464 #, javascript-format
465 msgid "== %(message)s"
466 msgstr ""
468 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2234
469 msgid "Unknown Player"
470 msgstr ""
472 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2273
473 #, javascript-format
474 msgid "%(time)s %(message)s"
475 msgstr ""
477 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2274
478 #, javascript-format
479 msgid "\\[%(time)s]"
480 msgstr ""
482 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.js:2275
483 msgid "HH:mm"
484 msgstr ""
486 #: gui/loading/loading.js:48
487 #, javascript-format
488 msgid "Loading “%(map)s”"
489 msgstr ""
491 #: gui/loading/loading.js:52
492 #, javascript-format
493 msgid "Generating “%(map)s”"
494 msgstr ""
496 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.xml:(caption):14
497 msgid "AI Configuration"
498 msgstr ""
500 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.xml:(caption):19
501 msgid "AI Player:"
502 msgstr ""
504 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.xml:(caption):28
505 msgid "AI Difficulty:"
506 msgstr ""
508 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.xml:(caption):37
509 msgid "AI Behavior:"
510 msgstr ""
512 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.xml:(caption):47
513 msgid "Cancel"
514 msgstr "Retrorsum"
516 #: gui/aiconfig/aiconfig.xml:(caption):52
517 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):314
518 msgid "OK"
519 msgstr "OK"
521 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):12
522 msgid "Match Setup"
523 msgstr "Ludi Configuratio"
525 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):18
526 msgid "Loading"
527 msgstr "Carricans"
529 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):22
530 msgid "Loading map data. Please wait..."
531 msgstr ""
533 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):38
534 msgid "Player Name"
535 msgstr "Lusoris Nomen:"
537 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):42
538 msgid "Color"
539 msgstr ""
541 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):46
542 msgid "Player Placement"
543 msgstr "Lusoris Locus:"
545 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):50
546 msgid "Civilization"
547 msgstr "Civilizatio:"
549 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):78
550 msgid "Team"
551 msgstr "Manus"
553 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):132
554 msgid "Show this message in the future"
555 msgstr ""
557 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):199
558 msgid "Send"
559 msgstr "mitte"
561 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):216
562 msgid "Cheats enabled."
563 msgstr ""
565 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):244
566 msgid "Back"
567 msgstr ""
569 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):258
570 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):270
571 msgid "More Options"
572 msgstr "Multae Optiones"
574 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):60
575 msgid "View civilization info"
576 msgstr "Civilizationis informationem ecce vide"
578 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):73
579 msgid ""
580 "Reset any civilizations that have been selected to the default (random)"
581 msgstr ""
583 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):88
584 msgid "Reset all teams to the default."
585 msgstr ""
587 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):99
588 msgid "Pick a color."
589 msgstr ""
591 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):102
592 msgid "Select player."
593 msgstr "Lusorem selige."
595 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):112
596 msgid "Configure AI settings."
597 msgstr "AI optionem configura."
599 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):115
600 msgid "Select player's civilization."
601 msgstr "Lusoris civilizationem selige."
603 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):119
604 msgid "Select player's team."
605 msgstr "Lusoris manum selige."
607 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):259
608 msgid "See more game options"
609 msgstr "Ludi multas optiones vide"
611 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(tooltip):315
612 msgid "Close more game options window"
613 msgstr ""
615 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:1
616 msgid ""
617 "\"Zeus \\[...] established his law: wisdom comes through suffering. \\[...] "
618 "So men against their will learn to practice moderation. \\[...] Such grace "
619 "is harsh and violent.\" - Aeschylus (\"Oresteia\", I. 176-183)"
620 msgstr ""
622 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:2
623 msgid ""
624 "\"She \\[Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction.\" - Aeschylus "
625 "(\"Oresteia\", I. 406)"
626 msgstr ""
628 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:3
629 msgid ""
630 "\"In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he "
631 "cannot trust a friend.\" - Aeschylus (\"Prometheus Bound\", 224-225)"
632 msgstr ""
634 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:4
635 msgid ""
636 "\"Time in the long run teaches all things.\" - Aeschylus (\"Prometheus "
637 "Bound\", 981)"
638 msgstr ""
640 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:5
641 msgid ""
642 "\"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.\" - Aeschylus (\"Seven "
643 "Against Thebes\", 592)"
644 msgstr ""
646 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:6
647 msgid "\"A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.\" - Aeschylus (fragment 383)"
648 msgstr ""
650 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:7
651 msgid ""
652 "\"The gods help those that help themselves.\" - Aesop (\"Hercules and the "
653 "Wagoner\")"
654 msgstr ""
656 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:8
657 msgid ""
658 "\"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.\" - Aesop (\"The"
659 " Ant and the Grasshopper\")"
660 msgstr ""
662 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:9
663 msgid "\"Union gives strength.\" - Aesop (\"The Bundle of Sticks\")"
664 msgstr ""
666 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:10
667 msgid ""
668 "\"Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.\" - "
669 "Aesop (\"The Fox and the Goat\")"
670 msgstr ""
672 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:11
673 msgid ""
674 "\"Familiarity breeds contempt; acquaintance softens prejudices.\" - Aesop "
675 "(\"The Fox and the Lion\")"
676 msgstr ""
678 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:12
679 msgid ""
680 "\"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.\" - Aesop (\"The Frog and the "
681 "Ox\")"
682 msgstr ""
684 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:13
685 msgid "\"Slow and steady wins the race.\" - Aesop (\"The Hare and the Tortoise\")"
686 msgstr ""
688 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:14
689 msgid ""
690 "\"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.\" - Aesop "
691 "(\"The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox Hunting\")"
692 msgstr ""
694 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:15
695 msgid ""
696 "\"Enemies' promises were made to be broken.\" - Aesop (\"The Nurse and the "
697 "Wolf\")"
698 msgstr ""
700 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:16
701 msgid "\"Any excuse will serve a tyrant.\" - Aesop (\"The Wolf and the Lamb\")"
702 msgstr ""
704 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:17
705 msgid ""
706 "\"If I have done anything noble, that is a sufficient memorial; if I have "
707 "not, all the statues in the world will not preserve my memory.\" - Agesilaos"
708 " II of Sparta (Plutarch, \"Moralia\", XVI. \"Sayings of Spartans\", 215a)"
709 msgstr ""
711 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:18
712 msgid ""
713 "\"Spartans do not ask how many, only where the enemy are.\" - Agis II of "
714 "Sparta (Plutarch, \"Moralia\", XVI. \"Sayings of Spartans\", 215d)"
715 msgstr ""
717 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:19
718 msgid ""
719 "\"Weep not for me, as I suffer unjustly, I am in a happier situation than my"
720 " murderers.\" - Agis IV of Sparta upon seeing one of his executioners cry "
721 "(Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Agis\", sec. 20)"
722 msgstr ""
724 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:20
725 msgid ""
726 "\"Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.\" - Alexander the "
727 "Great (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Alexander\", sec. 22)"
728 msgstr ""
730 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:21
731 msgid ""
732 "\"It is very servile to live in luxury, but very royal to toil. \\[...] "
733 "Don't you know that the end and object of conquest is to avoid the vices and"
734 " infirmities of the subdued?\" - Alexander the Great (Plutarch, \"Parallel "
735 "Lives\", \"Alexander\", sec. 40)"
736 msgstr ""
738 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:22
739 msgid ""
740 "\"Glorious are the deeds of those who undergo labour and run the risk of "
741 "danger; and it is delightful to live a life of valor and to die leaving "
742 "behind immortal glory.\" - Alexander the Great, addressing his troops "
743 "(Arrian, \"The Anabasis of Alexander\", 5.26)"
744 msgstr ""
746 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:23
747 msgid ""
748 "\"I for one think that to a brave man there is no end to labours except the "
749 "labours themselves, provided they lead to glorious achievements.\" - "
750 "Alexander the Great, addressing his troops (Arrian, \"The Anabasis of "
751 "Alexander\", 5.26)"
752 msgstr ""
754 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:24
755 msgid ""
756 "\"If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes \\[of Sinope].\" - "
757 "Alexander the Great, impressed by the simplicity of the philosopher he had "
758 "met (Plutarch, \"Moralia\", XXII. \"On the Fortunes of Alexander the "
759 "Great\", 332a-b)"
760 msgstr ""
762 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:25
763 msgid ""
764 "\"To the strongest!\" - Alexander the Great, on his death bed, when asked "
765 "who should succeed him as king (Arrian, \"The Anabasis of Alexander\", 7.26)"
766 msgstr ""
768 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:26
769 msgid ""
770 "\"I do not steal victory.\" - Alexander the Great, when suggested to raid "
771 "the Persians at night (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Alexander\", sec. 31)"
772 msgstr ""
774 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:27
775 msgid ""
776 "\"Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak"
777 " and poor, but will be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.\" - "
778 "Anacharsis (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Solon\", sec. 5)"
779 msgstr ""
781 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:28
782 msgid ""
783 "\"The agora is an established place for men to cheat one another, and behave"
784 " covetously.\" - Anacharsis, a Scythian philosopher who travelled to Greece "
785 "(Diogenes Laertius, \"The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers\", "
786 "Anarchsis, sec. 5)"
787 msgstr ""
789 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:29
790 msgid ""
791 "\"It was not by taking care of the fields, but of ourselves, that we "
792 "acquired those fields.\" - Anaxandridas II of Sparta (Plutarch, \"Moralia\","
793 " XVI. \"Sayings of Spartans\", 217a)"
794 msgstr ""
796 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:30
797 msgid ""
798 "\"States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.\""
799 " - Antisthenes (Diogenes Laertius, \"The Lives and Opinions of Eminent "
800 "Philosophers\", Antisthenes, sec. 5)"
801 msgstr ""
803 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:31
804 msgid ""
805 "\"The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one.\" - Archilochus "
806 "(fragment 201)"
807 msgstr ""
809 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:32
810 msgid ""
811 "\"Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world.\" - Archimedes, on "
812 "his usage of the lever (Diodorus Siculus, \"The Library of History\", "
813 "fragments of book XXVI, sec. 18)"
814 msgstr ""
816 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:33
817 msgid ""
818 "\"It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of "
819 "building high walls and ships of war.\" - Aristophanes (\"Birds\")"
820 msgstr ""
822 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:34
823 msgid ""
824 "\"It is obligatory, especially for a philosopher, to sacrifice even one's "
825 "closest personal ties in defense of the truth.\" - Aristotle (\"Nicomachean "
826 "Ethics\", I. 1096a.11)"
827 msgstr ""
829 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:35
830 msgid ""
831 "\"Happiness depends on leisure; for we are busy to have leisure, and make "
832 "war to live in peace.\" - Aristotle (\"Nicomachean Ethics\", X. 1177b.4)"
833 msgstr ""
835 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:36
836 msgid ""
837 "\"Man is by nature a political animal.\" - Aristotle (\"Politics\", I. "
838 "1253a.2)"
839 msgstr ""
841 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:37
842 msgid ""
843 "\"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them "
844 "of their arms.\" - Aristotle (\"Politics, V. 1311a.11)"
845 msgstr ""
847 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:38
848 msgid ""
849 "\"I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what "
850 "others do only from fear of the law.\" - Aristotle (Diogenes Laertius, \"The"
851 " Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers\", Aristotle, sec. 20)"
852 msgstr ""
854 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:39
855 msgid ""
856 "\"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his "
857 "enemies, for the hardest victory is over the self.\" - Aristotle (Stobaeus, "
858 "\"Florilegium\", 223)"
859 msgstr ""
861 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:40
862 msgid ""
863 "\"Alexander himself, plagued by thirst, with great pain and difficulty "
864 "nevertheless led the army on foot \\[...]. At this time a few of the light-"
865 "armed soldiers \\[...] found some water \\[...], poured the water into a "
866 "helmet and carried it to him. He took it, and commending the men who brought"
867 " it, immediately poured it upon the ground in the sight of all.\" - Arrian "
868 "about Alexander's march through the Gedrosian desert (\"The Anabasis of "
869 "Alexander\", 6.26)"
870 msgstr ""
872 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:41
873 msgid ""
874 "\"Thrusting his spear into Mithridates' face, he \\[Alexander] hurled him to"
875 " the ground. Then Rhoesaces \\[a Persian] \\[...] struck him on the head "
876 "with his sword. \\[...] Alexander hurled him too to the ground, piercing "
877 "with his lance through his breastplate into his chest. Sphithridates \\[a "
878 "Persian] had already raised his sword against Alexander from behind when "
879 "Clitus \\[...] cut his arm off.\" - Arrian about the Battle of the Granicus "
880 "(\"The Anabasis of Alexander\", 1.15)"
881 msgstr ""
883 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:42
884 msgid ""
885 "\"Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who "
886 "must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or retreat out of cowardice.\""
887 " - Aspasia (Plato, \"Menexenus\", 246b)"
888 msgstr ""
890 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:43
891 msgid ""
892 "\"Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!\" - Augustus, after three "
893 "legions were annihilated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Suetonius, "
894 "\"Divus Augustus\", sec. 23)"
895 msgstr ""
897 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:44
898 msgid ""
899 "\"In my nineteenth year, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I "
900 "raised an army with which I liberated the state, which was oppressed by the "
901 "tyranny of a faction.\" - Augustus, in his autobiography (\"Res Gestae Divi "
902 "Augusti\", sec. 1)"
903 msgstr ""
905 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:45
906 msgid ""
907 "\"Wars, both civil and foreign, I waged throughout the world, on sea and "
908 "land, and when victorious I spared all citizens who sued for pardon. The "
909 "foreign nations which could with safety be pardoned I preferred to save "
910 "rather than to destroy.\" - Augustus, in his autobiography (\"Res Gestae "
911 "Divi Augusti\", sec. 3)"
912 msgstr ""
914 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:46
915 msgid ""
916 "\"Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have "
917 "adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.\" - Bias of Priene (Diogenes"
918 " Laertius, \"The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers\", Bias, sec. 5)"
919 msgstr ""
921 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:47
922 msgid ""
923 "\"How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if "
924 "baldness were a cure for sorrow.\" - Bion of Borysthenes (Cicero, \"Tusculan"
925 " Disputations\", III. 26)"
926 msgstr ""
928 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:48
929 msgid ""
930 "\"He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.\" - Bion of "
931 "Borysthenes, referring to a wealthy miser (Diogenes Laertius, \"The Lives "
932 "and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers\", Bion, sec. 50)"
933 msgstr ""
935 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:49
936 msgid ""
937 "\"Woe to the Defeated!\" - Brennus, Gaulish chieftain who had seized Rome "
938 "(with the exception of a garrison on Capitoline Hill). When Camillus arrived"
939 " from Veii and besieged him, he negotiated his withdrawal for 1000 pounds of"
940 " gold, but not without using false weights and adding the weight of his "
941 "sword on the scale when the Romans complained (Polybius, \"Histories\", II. "
942 "18)"
943 msgstr ""
945 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:50
946 msgid ""
947 "\"Robbery, slaughter, plunder, they \\[the Romans] deceivingly name empire; "
948 "they make a wasteland and call it peace.\" - Calgacus, Caledonian chieftain "
949 "in a speech before the Battle of Mons Graupius (Tacitus, \"Agricola\", 30)"
950 msgstr ""
952 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:51
953 msgid "\"Set a thief to catch a thief.\" - Callimachus (\"Epigrams\", 44)"
954 msgstr ""
956 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:52
957 msgid ""
958 "\"All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule "
959 "us.\" - Cato the Elder (Plutarch, \"Moralia\", III. \"Sayings of Romans\", "
960 "198e)"
961 msgstr ""
963 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:53
964 msgid ""
965 "\"The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.\" - Cato the Elder "
966 "(Plutarch, \"Moralia\", III. \"Sayings of Romans\", 198f)"
967 msgstr ""
969 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:54
970 msgid ""
971 "\"Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.\" - Cato the "
972 "Elder (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Cato the Elder\", sec. 9)"
973 msgstr ""
975 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:55
976 msgid ""
977 "\"Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.\" - Cato the "
978 "Elder, who ended all speeches in his later life with this statement "
979 "(Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Cato the Elder\", sec. 27)"
980 msgstr ""
982 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:56
983 msgid ""
984 "\"If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.\" - "
985 "Chanakya (\"Arthashastra\", I. \"Concerning Discipline\", chapter 19)"
986 msgstr ""
988 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:57
989 msgid ""
990 "\"Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while "
991 "he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes "
992 "punishment as deserved becomes respectable.\" - Chanakya (\"Arthashastra\", "
993 "I. \"Concerning Discipline\", chapter 4)"
994 msgstr ""
996 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:58
997 msgid ""
998 "\"We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on "
999 "a razor's edge.\" - Corinthian epitaph to their fallen of the Persian Wars "
1000 "(Plutarch, \"Moralia\", XI. \"On the Malice of Herodotus\", 870e)"
1001 msgstr ""
1003 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:59
1004 msgid ""
1005 "\"Then the blood really flowed, for the two lines were so close that shield "
1006 "struck against shield, and they drove their swords into each other's faces. "
1007 "It was impossible for the weak or cowardly to retreat; man to man they "
1008 "fought like in single combat.\" - Curtius Rufus about the Battle of Issos "
1009 "(\"Histories of Alexander the Great\", III. 11.5)"
1010 msgstr ""
1012 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:60
1013 msgid ""
1014 "\"I am Cyrus, who won for the Persians their empire. Therefore do not "
1015 "begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.\" - Cyrus the Great's "
1016 "epitaph (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Alexander\", sec. 69)"
1017 msgstr ""
1019 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:61
1020 msgid ""
1021 "\"I am Darius, the great king, king of kings, the king of Persia, the king "
1022 "of countries, \\[...] 23 lands in total.\" - Darius I. (Behistun "
1023 "inscription, column I, 1-6)"
1024 msgstr ""
1026 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:62
1027 msgid ""
1028 "\"Phraortes was captured and brought before me. I cut off his nose, his "
1029 "ears, and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in chains at my"
1030 " palace entrance, and all the people saw him. Then I crucified him in "
1031 "Ecbatana; and the men who were his foremost followers \\[...] I flayed and "
1032 "hung out their skins, stuffed with straw.\" - Darius I. (Behistun "
1033 "inscription, column II, 32)"
1034 msgstr ""
1036 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:63
1037 msgid ""
1038 "\"By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.\" - Democritus "
1039 "(fragment)"
1040 msgstr ""
1042 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:64
1043 msgid "\"It is hard to be governed by one's inferior.\" - Democritus (fragment)"
1044 msgstr ""
1046 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:65
1047 msgid ""
1048 "\"Physical strength is only noble in cattle, it is strength of character "
1049 "that is noble in men.\" - Democritus (fragment)"
1050 msgstr ""
1052 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:66
1053 msgid ""
1054 "\"It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and "
1055 "treachery.\" - Demosthenes, in one of his many speeches against the rising "
1056 "Phillip II of Macedon (\"Olynthiac II\", 10)"
1057 msgstr ""
1059 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:67
1060 msgid ""
1061 "\"Delivery, delivery, delivery.\" - Demosthenes, when asked what were the "
1062 "three most important elements of rhetoric (Cicero, \"De Oratore\", 3.213)"
1063 msgstr ""
1065 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:68
1066 msgid ""
1067 "\"The Macedonians first raised an unearthly shout followed by the Persians "
1068 "answering, so that the whole hillside bordering the battlefield echoed back "
1069 "the sound, and that second roar was louder than the Macedonian war cry as "
1070 "five hundred thousand men shouted with one voice.\" - Diodorus Siculus about"
1071 " the Battle of Issos (\"The Library of History\", XVII., sec. 33)"
1072 msgstr ""
1074 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:69
1075 msgid ""
1076 "\"Brasidas, taking his stand on the gangway, fought off from there the "
1077 "multitude of Athenians who converged upon him. And at the outset he slew "
1078 "many as they came at him, but after a while, as numerous missiles assailed "
1079 "him, he suffered many wounds on the front of his body.\" - Diodorus Siculus,"
1080 " on a brave Spartan at the Battle of Pylos (\"The Library of History\", "
1081 "XXII., sec. 62)"
1082 msgstr ""
1084 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:70
1085 msgid ""
1086 "\"Plato had defined man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was "
1087 "applauded. Diogenes \\[of Sinope] plucked a fowl and brought it into the "
1088 "lecture-room with the words: Here is Plato's man. In consequence of which "
1089 "there was added to the definition: having broad nails.\" - Diogenes Laertius"
1090 " (\"The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers\", \"Diogenes\", sec. 40)"
1091 msgstr ""
1093 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:71
1094 msgid ""
1095 "\"I am a citizen of the world.\" - Diogenes of Sinope (Diogenes Laertius, "
1096 "\"The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers\", \"Diogenes\", sec. 63)"
1097 msgstr ""
1099 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:72
1100 msgid ""
1101 "\"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from "
1102 "yours.\" - Diogenes of Sinope (Stobaeus, \"Florilegium\", 51)"
1103 msgstr ""
1105 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:73
1106 msgid ""
1107 "\"Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.\" - Diogenes of Sinope to "
1108 "Alexander the Great, who asked if he could help in in any way (Plutarch, "
1109 "\"Parallel Lives\", \"Alexander\", sec. 14)"
1110 msgstr ""
1112 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:74
1113 msgid ""
1114 "\"The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself "
1115 "so.\" - Ennius (\"Annales\", fragment 31.493)"
1116 msgstr ""
1118 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:75
1119 msgid ""
1120 "\"Stranger, go tell the Spartans that we lie here, obedient to their laws.\""
1121 " - Epitaph at Thermopylae for Leonidas and his men (Herodotus, \"The "
1122 "Histories\", VII. 228)"
1123 msgstr ""
1125 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:76
1126 msgid ""
1127 "\"A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.\" - Euripides "
1128 "(\"Iphigenia in Tauris\")"
1129 msgstr ""
1131 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:77
1132 msgid ""
1133 "\"Brave men are made bolder by ordeals, but cowards achieve nothing.\" - "
1134 "Euripides (\"Iphigenia in Tauris\")"
1135 msgstr ""
1137 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:78
1138 msgid ""
1139 "\"Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.\" - "
1140 "Euripides (\"Meleager\")"
1141 msgstr ""
1143 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:79
1144 msgid "\"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.\" - Euripides (\"Pirithous\")"
1145 msgstr ""
1147 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:80
1148 msgid ""
1149 "\"Return with your shield, or on it.\" - Farewell of Spartan women to their "
1150 "warriors, implying that cowards would throw away their shield in battle to "
1151 "flee (Plutarch, \"Moralia\", XVIII. \"Sayings of Spartan Women\", 241f)"
1152 msgstr ""
1154 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:81
1155 msgid ""
1156 "\"I came, I saw, I conquered.\" - Gaius Julius Caesar, after routing "
1157 "Pharnaces II of Pontus in the first assault (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", "
1158 "\"Caesar\", sec. 50)"
1159 msgstr ""
1161 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:82
1162 msgid ""
1163 "\"Men willingly believe what they wish.\" - Gaius Julius Caesar (\"De Bello "
1164 "Gallico\", III. 18)"
1165 msgstr ""
1167 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:83
1168 msgid ""
1169 "\"It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry"
1170 " looking.\" - Gaius Julius Caesar (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Antony\","
1171 " sec. 11)"
1172 msgstr ""
1174 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:84
1175 msgid ""
1176 "\"After fighting from noon almost to sunset, with victory doubtful, the "
1177 "Germans, on one side charged the enemy in a compact body, and drove them "
1178 "back; and, when they were put to flight, the archers were surrounded and cut"
1179 " to pieces.\" - Gaius Julius Caesar about the Battle of Alesia (\"De Bello "
1180 "Gallico\", VII. 80)"
1181 msgstr ""
1183 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:85
1184 msgid ""
1185 "\"All the centurions of the fourth cohort were slain, and the standard-"
1186 "bearer killed, the standard itself lost, almost all the centurions of the "
1187 "other cohorts either wounded or slain, and among them the chief centurion of"
1188 " the legion, Publius Sextius Baculus, a very valiant man, who was so "
1189 "exhausted by many and severe wounds, that he was already unable to support "
1190 "himself.\" - Gaius Julius Caesar about the Battle of the Sabis (\"De Bello "
1191 "Gallico\", II. 25)"
1192 msgstr ""
1194 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:86
1195 msgid ""
1196 "\"But the enemy \\[...] displayed such great courage, that when the front "
1197 "rank had fallen the men behind them stood on them and continue the fight "
1198 "from on top of the corpses; when these were killed the pile of bodies grew "
1199 "higher, while the survivors used the heap as a vantage point for throwing "
1200 "missiles at our men, or catching our spears and throwing them back.\" - "
1201 "Gaius Julius Caesar about the Battle of the Sabis (\"De Bello Gallico\", II."
1202 " 27)"
1203 msgstr ""
1205 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:87
1206 msgid ""
1207 "\"The die is cast.\" - Gaius Julius Caesar, when crossing the Rubicon river "
1208 "with his legion into Italy, a capital offense that led to his civil war "
1209 "against Pompey (Suetonius, \"The Lives of the Twelve Caesars\", 32)"
1210 msgstr ""
1212 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:88
1213 msgid ""
1214 "\"I'd rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome.\" - Gaius "
1215 "Julius Caesar, when passing through a barbarian village in the Alps "
1216 "(Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Caesar\", sec. 11)"
1217 msgstr ""
1219 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:89
1220 msgid ""
1221 "\"Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!\" - Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Plutarch,"
1222 " \"Parallel Lives\", \"Pompey\", sec. 10)"
1223 msgstr ""
1225 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:90
1226 msgid ""
1227 "\"If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.\" - "
1228 "Hammurabi (Hammurabi's Code, sec. 196)"
1229 msgstr ""
1231 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:91
1232 msgid ""
1233 "\"I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians "
1234 "against Rome.\" - Hannibal Barca (Polybius, \"Histories\", III. 85)"
1235 msgstr ""
1237 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:92
1238 msgid ""
1239 "\"Let us now end the anxiety of the Romans, who can't wait for the death of "
1240 "an old man.\" - Hannibal Barca's last words before his suicide, in exile "
1241 "with Flaminius pressuring the local ruler to hand him over (Livius, \"Ab "
1242 "Urbe Condita\", XXXIX. 51)"
1243 msgstr ""
1245 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:93
1246 msgid ""
1247 "\"Most inhuman and most arrogant of nations, they \\[the Romans] reckon the "
1248 "world as theirs and subject to their pleasure. With whom we are to be at "
1249 "war, with whom at peace, they think it right that they should determine.\" -"
1250 " Hannibal Barca, addressing his troops (Livius, \"Ab Urbe Condita\", XXI. "
1251 "44)"
1252 msgstr ""
1254 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:94
1255 msgid ""
1256 "\"You must be brave and discard all hopes of anything but victory or "
1257 "death.\" - Hannibal Barca, addressing his troops (Livius, \"Ab Urbe "
1258 "Condita\", XXI. 44)"
1259 msgstr ""
1261 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:95
1262 msgid ""
1263 "\"War is the father and king of all things: some he has made gods, and some "
1264 "men; some slaves and some free.\" - Herakleitos (Hippolytus, \"The "
1265 "Refutation of all Heresies\", IX. 4)"
1266 msgstr ""
1268 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:96
1269 msgid ""
1270 "\"You could not step twice into the same river.\" - Herakleitos (Plato, "
1271 "\"Cratylos\", 402a)"
1272 msgstr ""
1274 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:97
1275 msgid ""
1276 "\"It is better to be envied than to be pitied.\" - Herodotus (\"The "
1277 "Histories\", III. 52)"
1278 msgstr ""
1280 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:98
1281 msgid ""
1282 "\"In soft regions are born soft men.\" - Herodotus (\"The Histories\", IX. "
1283 "122)"
1284 msgstr ""
1286 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:99
1287 msgid ""
1288 "\"This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no "
1289 "power.\" - Herodotus (\"The Histories\", IX. 16)"
1290 msgstr ""
1292 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:100
1293 msgid ""
1294 "\"Although he \\[Xerces] had plenty of troops he had few men.\" - Herodotus "
1295 "(\"The Histories\", VII. 210)"
1296 msgstr ""
1298 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:101
1299 msgid ""
1300 "\"The Lacedaemonians \\[Spartans] fought a memorable battle; they made it "
1301 "quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against "
1302 "amateurs.\" - Herodotus (\"The Histories\", VII. 211)"
1303 msgstr ""
1305 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:102
1306 msgid ""
1307 "\"Being informed \\[...] that when the Barbarians discharged their arrows "
1308 "they obscured the light of the sun by the multitude of the arrows, he "
1309 "\\[Dienekes] \\[...] said that their guest \\[...] brought them very good "
1310 "news, for if the Medes obscured the light of the sun, the battle against "
1311 "them would be in the shade and not in the sun.\" - Herodotus describing "
1312 "Dienekes, reputedly the bravest Spartan soldier at Thermopylae (Polybius, "
1313 "\"Histories\", VII. 226)"
1314 msgstr ""
1316 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:103
1317 msgid ""
1318 "\"The judgement given to Kroisus by each of the two oracles \\[Delphi and "
1319 "Thebes] was the same: If he sent an army against the Persians, he would "
1320 "destroy a great empire.\" - Herodotus, later mentioning that the empire "
1321 "Kroisos destroyed was his own (\"The Histories\", I. 53)"
1322 msgstr ""
1324 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:104
1325 msgid ""
1326 "\"He \\[King Darius] asked who the Athenians were, and, being informed, "
1327 "called for his bow, and placing an arrow on the string, shot upward into the"
1328 " sky, saying, as he let fly the shaft: Grant me, Zeus, to revenge myself on "
1329 "the Athenians!\" - Herodotus, narrating how the Athenian support for the "
1330 "Ionian revolt caught the wrath of Darius I., the Persian king (\"The "
1331 "Histories\", V. 105)"
1332 msgstr ""
1334 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:105
1335 msgid ""
1336 "\"He \\[King Darius] asked one of his servants every day, when his dinner "
1337 "was spread, three times to repeat to him: Master, remember the Athenians!\" "
1338 "- Herodotus, narrating how the Athenian support for the Ionian revolt lead "
1339 "to the Persian Wars (\"The Histories\", V. 105)"
1340 msgstr ""
1342 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:106
1343 msgid ""
1344 "\"Conquered Greece took captive her savage conqueror and brought her arts "
1345 "into rustic Latium.\" - Horace (\"Epistles\", epistle I., 156-157)"
1346 msgstr ""
1348 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:107
1349 msgid ""
1350 "\"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control "
1351 "you.\" - Horace (\"Epistles\", epistle II., 62)"
1352 msgstr ""
1354 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:108
1355 msgid ""
1356 "\"It is your concern when your neighbour's wall is on fire.\" - Horace "
1357 "(\"Epistles\", epistle XVIII., 84)"
1358 msgstr ""
1360 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:109
1361 msgid ""
1362 "\"It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country.\" - Horace (\"Odes\", "
1363 "III., ode II., 13)"
1364 msgstr ""
1366 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:110
1367 msgid "\"I am Cyrus, king of the world...\" - Inscription (Cyrus Cylinder)"
1368 msgstr ""
1370 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:111
1371 msgid ""
1372 "\"In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their "
1373 "sons.\" - Kroisos, king of Lydia (Herodotus, \"The Histories\", I. 87)"
1374 msgstr ""
1376 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:112
1377 msgid ""
1378 "\"Marry a good man, and bear good children.\" - Leonidas, to his wife who "
1379 "asked what to do if he died, before he left for Thermopylae (Plutarch, "
1380 "\"Moralia\", XVI. \"Sayings of Spartans\", 225a)"
1381 msgstr ""
1383 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:113
1384 msgid ""
1385 "\"Come and get them!\" - Leonidas, to the Persian messenger who demanded "
1386 "that he and his men lay down their arms (Plutarch, \"Moralia\", XVI. "
1387 "\"Sayings of Spartans\", 225c)"
1388 msgstr ""
1390 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:114
1391 msgid ""
1392 "\"Some were discovered lying there alive, with thighs and tendons slashed, "
1393 "baring their necks and throats and bidding their conquerors drain the "
1394 "remnant of their blood. Others were found with their heads buried in holes "
1395 "dug in the ground. They had apparently made these pits for themselves.\" - "
1396 "Livius, describing the aftermath of the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal "
1397 "inflicted the greatest defeat on the Romans in all their history (\"Ab Urbe "
1398 "Condita\", XXII. 51)"
1399 msgstr ""
1401 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:115
1402 msgid ""
1403 "\"There lay thousands upon thousands of Romans \\[...]. Here and there "
1404 "amidst the slain rose a gory figure whose wounds had begun to throb with the"
1405 " chill of dawn, and was cut down by his enemies.\" - Livius, describing the "
1406 "aftermath of the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal inflicted the greatest "
1407 "defeat on the Romans in all their history (\"Ab Urbe Condita\", XXII. 51)"
1408 msgstr ""
1410 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:116
1411 msgid ""
1412 "\"A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick.\" - "
1413 "Lycurgus of Sparta (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Lycurgus\", sec. 19)"
1414 msgstr ""
1416 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:117
1417 msgid ""
1418 "\"Escape, yes, but this time with my hands, not my feet.\" - Marcus Junius "
1419 "Brutus, before committing suicide after losing a battle against Caesar's "
1420 "avengers (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Brutus\", sec. 52)"
1421 msgstr ""
1423 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:118
1424 msgid ""
1425 "\"O, the times, O, the customs!\" - Marcus Tullius Cicero (\"Against "
1426 "Catiline\", speech I)"
1427 msgstr ""
1429 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:119
1430 msgid ""
1431 "\"A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its "
1432 "honor or its safety.\" - Marcus Tullius Cicero (\"De Re Publica\", III., 23)"
1433 msgstr ""
1435 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:120
1436 msgid ""
1437 "\"The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of "
1438 "truth.\" - Marcus Tullius Cicero (\"On Duties\", I., 13)"
1439 msgstr ""
1441 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:121
1442 msgid ""
1443 "\"No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.\" - Marcus"
1444 " Tullius Cicero (\"On Old Age\", sec. 24)"
1445 msgstr ""
1447 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:122
1448 msgid ""
1449 "\"Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.\" - Marcus Tullius "
1450 "Cicero (\"On the Laws\", III., sec. 3)"
1451 msgstr ""
1453 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:123
1454 msgid ""
1455 "\"Endless money forms the sinews of war.\" - Marcus Tullius Cicero "
1456 "(\"Philippics\", Philippica V., sec. 5)"
1457 msgstr ""
1459 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:124
1460 msgid ""
1461 "\"Laws are silent in time of war.\" - Marcus Tullius Cicero (\"Pro Milone\","
1462 " IV., sec. 11)"
1463 msgstr ""
1465 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:125
1466 msgid ""
1467 "\"That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from "
1468 "murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!\" - Marcus "
1469 "Tullius Cicero, condemning Mark Anthony who had not killed him (yet) "
1470 "(\"Philippics\", Philippica II, sec. 5)"
1471 msgstr ""
1473 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:126
1474 msgid ""
1475 "\"He did not even stand up to review his fleet when the ships were already "
1476 "at their fighting stations, but lay on his back and gazed up at the sky, "
1477 "never rising to show that he was alive until Marcus Agrippa had routed the "
1478 "enemy.\" - Mark Antony, taunting Augustus who delegated his duties as naval "
1479 "commander (Suetonius, \"Divus Augustus\", sec. 16)"
1480 msgstr ""
1482 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:127
1483 msgid ""
1484 "\"We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.\" - Menander (\"Lady of "
1485 "Andros\", fragment 50)"
1486 msgstr ""
1488 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:128
1489 msgid "\"The man who runs may fight again.\" - Menander (\"Monosticha\")"
1490 msgstr ""
1492 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:129
1493 msgid ""
1494 "\"Whom the Gods love dies young.\" - Menander (\"The Double Deceiver\", "
1495 "fragment 4)"
1496 msgstr ""
1498 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:130
1499 msgid "\"I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.\" - Menander (fragment 545 K)"
1500 msgstr ""
1502 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:131
1503 msgid ""
1504 "\"The greatest glory is won from the greatest dangers. When our fathers "
1505 "faced the Persians their resources could not compare to ours. In fact, they "
1506 "gave up even what they had. Then by wise counsels and daring deeds, not "
1507 "fortune and material advantages, they drove out the invaders and made our "
1508 "city what it is now.\" - Pericles (Thucydides, \"History of the "
1509 "Peloponnesian War\", I. 144.3-4)"
1510 msgstr ""
1512 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:132
1513 msgid ""
1514 "\"Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of "
1515 "action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at "
1516 "all.\" - Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the "
1517 "first year of the war (Thucydides, \"History of the Peloponnesian War\", II."
1518 " 40.2)"
1519 msgstr ""
1521 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:133
1522 msgid ""
1523 "\"We alone do not think that a man ignorant of politics interferes with "
1524 "nothing, we think he is good for nothing.\" - Pericles in his Funeral "
1525 "Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of the war (Thucydides, "
1526 "\"History of the Peloponnesian War\", II. 40.2)"
1527 msgstr ""
1529 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:134
1530 msgid ""
1531 "\"Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.\" - "
1532 "Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of"
1533 " the war (Thucydides, \"History of the Peloponnesian War\", II. 41.5)"
1534 msgstr ""
1536 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:135
1537 msgid ""
1538 "\"When you realise the power of Athens, consider it was won by valiant men "
1539 "who knew their duty, had a sense of dishonor in fight and, if their "
1540 "enterprises failed, would rather give their lives than lack in civic "
1541 "virtue.\" - Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the "
1542 "first year of the war (Thucydides, \"History of the Peloponnesian War\", II."
1543 " 43.2)"
1544 msgstr ""
1546 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:136
1547 msgid ""
1548 "\"To heroes all earth is their tomb, and their virtues are remembered far "
1549 "from home where an epitaph declares them, in an unwritten record of the mind"
1550 " that will outlast any monument.\" - Pericles in his Funeral Oration for "
1551 "Athenians that died in the first year of the war (Thucydides, \"History of "
1552 "the Peloponnesian War\", II. 43.3)"
1553 msgstr ""
1555 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:137
1556 msgid ""
1557 "\"Understand that happiness depends on freedom, and freedom depends on "
1558 "courage.\" - Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the "
1559 "first year of the war (Thucydides, \"History of the Peloponnesian War\", II."
1560 " 43.4)"
1561 msgstr ""
1563 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:138
1564 msgid ""
1565 "\"The greatest glory for women is to be least talked about by men, whether "
1566 "for good or ill.\" - Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died"
1567 " in the first year of the war (Thucydides, \"History of the Peloponnesian "
1568 "War\", II. 45.2)"
1569 msgstr ""
1571 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:139
1572 msgid ""
1573 "\"Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, time.\" - Pericles, a cautious "
1574 "politician who avoided war (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Pericles\", sec."
1575 " 18)"
1576 msgstr ""
1578 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:140
1579 msgid ""
1580 "\"Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it "
1581 "is certainly dangerous to let it go.\" - Pericles, addressing the Athenian "
1582 "assembly after a plague had weakened the city (Thucydides, \"History of the "
1583 "Peloponnesian War\", II. 63.3)"
1584 msgstr ""
1586 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:141
1587 msgid ""
1588 "\"War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced "
1589 "man fears its approach in his heart.\" - Pindar (fragment 110)"
1590 msgstr ""
1592 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:142
1593 msgid ""
1594 "\"Themistocles robbed his fellow citizens of spear and shield, and degraded "
1595 "the people of Athens to the rowing-pad and the oar.\" - Plato, no friend of "
1596 "the Athenian navy (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Themistocles\", sec. 3)"
1597 msgstr ""
1599 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:143
1600 msgid ""
1601 "\"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a "
1602 "nuisance after three days.\" - Plautus (\"The Swaggering Soldier\", Act III,"
1603 " scene 1, 146)"
1604 msgstr ""
1606 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:144
1607 msgid ""
1608 "\"You cannot eat your cake and have it too, unless you think your money is "
1609 "immortal.\" - Plautus (\"Trinummus\", Act II, scene 4, 12)"
1610 msgstr ""
1612 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:145
1613 msgid ""
1614 "\"He \\[Alexander] thought nothing invincible for the courageous, and "
1615 "nothing secure for the cowardly.\" - Plutarch (\"Parallel Lives\", "
1616 "\"Alexander\", sec. 58)"
1617 msgstr ""
1619 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:146
1620 msgid ""
1621 "\"One \\[...] shot an arrow at him with such accuracy and force that it "
1622 "pierced his breastplate and got stuck in his ribs. \\[...] Alexander "
1623 "recoiled and sank to his knees. \\[...] At last Alexander killed the "
1624 "barbarian. But he received many wounds, at last was struck on the neck with "
1625 "a mace, and leaned against the city wall, his eyes still fixed upon his "
1626 "foes.\" - Plutarch about the Mallian Campaign (\"Parallel Lives\", "
1627 "\"Alexander\", sec. 63)"
1628 msgstr ""
1630 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:147
1631 msgid ""
1632 "\"When the pirates demanded a ransom of twenty talents for him, Caesar burst"
1633 " out laughing. They did not know, he said, who it was that they had "
1634 "captured, and he volunteered to pay fifty.\" - Plutarch, who mentions later "
1635 "that Caesar got his money back and had his captors crucified (\"Parallel "
1636 "Lives\", \"Caesar\", sec. 2)"
1637 msgstr ""
1639 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:148
1640 msgid ""
1641 "\"They \\[the Romans] want the centurions not so much to be adventurous and "
1642 "daredevils, as to be natural leaders, of a steady and reliable spirit. They "
1643 "do not so much want men who will initiate attacks and open the battle, but "
1644 "men who will hold their ground when beaten and hard-pressed, and will be "
1645 "ready to die at their posts.\" - Polybius (\"Histories\", VI. 24)"
1646 msgstr ""
1648 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:149
1649 msgid ""
1650 "\"The Roman battle line is hard to break, since it allows every man to fight"
1651 " both individually and collectively; so that a formation can fight in any "
1652 "direction, with the maniples nearest to the point of danger wheeling around "
1653 "to face it.\" - Polybius (\"Histories\", XV. 15)"
1654 msgstr ""
1656 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:150
1657 msgid ""
1658 "\"The Athenian people are always in the position of a ship without a "
1659 "commander. Fear of the enemy or a storm make the crew be of one mind and "
1660 "obey the helmsman, everything goes well; but if they recover \\[...] they "
1661 "quarrel with each other \\[...], and the result has often been that, after "
1662 "escaping the dangers of the widest seas and the most violent storms, they "
1663 "wreck their ship in harbour and close to shore.\" - Polybius on the Athenian"
1664 " constitution (\"Histories\", VI. 44)"
1665 msgstr ""
1667 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:151
1668 msgid ""
1669 "\"Most of the Romans were trampled to death by the enormous weight of the "
1670 "elephants; the rest were shot down in their ranks by the numerous cavalry: "
1671 "and there were only a very few who attempted to save themselves by flight.\""
1672 " - Polybius on the Battle of Bagradas where a Roman army was annihilated "
1673 "during the First Punic War (\"Histories\", I. 34)"
1674 msgstr ""
1676 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:152
1677 msgid ""
1678 "\"Hannibal gave the signal for attack; and at the same time sent orders to "
1679 "the troops lying in ambush on the hills to do the same, and thus delivered "
1680 "an assault upon the enemy at every point at once.\" - Polybius on the "
1681 "beginning of a Roman disaster at the Trasymene Lake (\"Histories\", III. 84)"
1682 msgstr ""
1684 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:153
1685 msgid ""
1686 "\"In the phalanx, the men cannot turn around singly and defend themselves: "
1687 "this tribune, therefore, charged them \\[from behind] and killed all he "
1688 "could get at; until, unable to resist, they were forced to throw away their "
1689 "shields and flee.\" - Polybius, describing the defeat of Philip V. of "
1690 "Macedon by Flaminius in the Battle of Cynoscephalae (\"Histories\", XVIII. "
1691 "26)"
1692 msgstr ""
1694 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:154
1695 msgid ""
1696 "\"The Roman order on the other hand is flexible: for every Roman, once armed"
1697 " and on the field, is equally well equipped for every place, time, or "
1698 "appearance of the enemy. He is, moreover, quite ready and needs to make no "
1699 "change, whether he is required to fight in the main body, or in a "
1700 "detachment, or in a single maniple, or even by himself.\" - Polybius, "
1701 "explaining how the Romans can defeat the Macedonian phalanx (\"Histories\", "
1702 "XVIII. 32)"
1703 msgstr ""
1705 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:155
1706 msgid ""
1707 "\"Scipio \\[Aeminialus], when he looked upon the city \\[Carthage] as it was"
1708 " utterly perishing and in the last throes of its complete destruction, is "
1709 "said to have shed tears and wept openly for his enemies. And realized that "
1710 "all cities, nations, and authorities must, like men, meet their doom.\" - "
1711 "Polybius, eyewitness to the destruction of Carthage (\"Histories\", XXXVIII."
1712 " 22)"
1713 msgstr ""
1715 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:156
1716 msgid ""
1717 "\"One more such victory and the cause is lost!\" - Pyrrhus of Epirus after "
1718 "the Battle of Asculum, in which the Romans lost twice as many men but he "
1719 "lost a greater share of his armed forces (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", "
1720 "\"Pyrrhus\", sec. 21)"
1721 msgstr ""
1723 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:157
1724 msgid ""
1725 "\"None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.\" - "
1726 "Pythagoras (Stobaeus, \"Florilegium\", 18)"
1727 msgstr ""
1729 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:158
1730 msgid ""
1731 "\"Do not say few things in many words, but many things in few words.\" - "
1732 "Pythagoras (Stobaeus, \"Florilegium\", 24)"
1733 msgstr ""
1735 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:159
1736 msgid ""
1737 "\"Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent.\" - Pythagoras "
1738 "(Stobaeus, \"Florilegium\", 24)"
1739 msgstr ""
1741 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:160
1742 msgid ""
1743 "\"Unity strengthens even small states, while discord undermines the "
1744 "mightiest empires.\" - Sallust (\"The Jugurthine War\", 10.6)"
1745 msgstr ""
1747 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:161
1748 msgid ""
1749 "\"Ungrateful fatherland, you will not even have my bones!\" - Scipio "
1750 "Africanus in his epitaph, after he who defeated Hannibal was repeatedly "
1751 "accused of crimes by the Roman Senate (Valerius Maximus, \"Nine books on "
1752 "memorable deeds and sayings\", 5.3.2)"
1753 msgstr ""
1755 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:162
1756 msgid ""
1757 "\"Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.\" - Scipio "
1758 "Africanus, replying to Hannibal's offer of peace terms before the Battle of "
1759 "Zama (Livius, \"Ab Urbe Condita\", XXX. 31)"
1760 msgstr ""
1762 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:163
1763 msgid ""
1764 "\"But tactical science is only one part of generalship. A general must be "
1765 "capable of equipping his forces and providing for his men. He must also be "
1766 "inventive, hardworking, and watchful, bullheaded and brilliant, friendly and"
1767 " fierce, straightforward and subtle.\" - Socrates (Xenophon, "
1768 "\"Memorabilia\", 3.1.6)"
1769 msgstr ""
1771 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:164
1772 msgid ""
1773 "\"It is necessary to know the strength of the city and of the enemy, so "
1774 "that, if the city is stronger, one may recommend her to go to war, but if "
1775 "weaker than the enemy, may persuade her to beware.\" - Socrates (Xenophon, "
1776 "\"Memorabilia\", 3.6.9)"
1777 msgstr ""
1779 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:165
1780 msgid ""
1781 "\"The unexamined life is not worth living.\" - Socrates, in his defense when"
1782 " trialled for corrupting the youth and not worshipping the proper gods (he "
1783 "later drank hemlock after the death sentence) - Plato (\"Apology\", 38a)"
1784 msgstr ""
1786 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:166
1787 msgid ""
1788 "\"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you "
1789 "to live. Which is better God only knows.\" - Socrates, in his defense when "
1790 "trialled for corrupting the youth and not worshipping the proper gods (he "
1791 "later drank hemlock after the death sentence) - Plato (\"Apology\", 42a)"
1792 msgstr ""
1794 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:167
1795 msgid ""
1796 "\"Walls and ships are nothing without men living together inside them.\" - "
1797 "Sophocles (\"Oedipus Rex\")"
1798 msgstr ""
1800 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:168
1801 msgid ""
1802 "\"We accepted an empire that was offered to us and refused to give it up "
1803 "under the pressure of three of the strongest motives: fear, honor and "
1804 "interest. It was not we who set the example, for it has always been the law "
1805 "that the weak should be subject to the strong.\" - Speech of an Athenian "
1806 "embassy in Sparta (Thucydides, \"History of the Peloponnesian War\", I. "
1807 "76.2)"
1808 msgstr ""
1810 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:169
1811 msgid ""
1812 "\"He could boast that he found a city of brick and left it a city of "
1813 "marble.\" - Suetonius, commenting on the many building projects of Augustus "
1814 "in Rome (\"Divus Augustus\", sec 38)"
1815 msgstr ""
1817 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:170
1818 msgid "\"Moderation in all things.\" - Terence (\"The Girl from Andros\", 61)"
1819 msgstr ""
1821 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:171
1822 msgid ""
1823 "\"Fortune favors the bold.\" - Terence in a play about a great Athenian "
1824 "admiral (\"Phormio\", 203)"
1825 msgstr ""
1827 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:172
1828 msgid ""
1829 "\"I do not know how to tune the lyre or play the harp, but I do know how to "
1830 "raise a city that was small and unimportant to glory and greatness.\" - "
1831 "Themistocles, defending his lack of cultural sophistication (Plutarch, "
1832 "\"Parallel Lives\", \"Themistocles\", sec. 2)"
1833 msgstr ""
1835 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:173
1836 msgid ""
1837 "\"Strike, if you will, but listen.\" - Themistocles, in a heated discussion "
1838 "with the Spartan fleet commander who threatened to beat him with his staff, "
1839 "before the Battle of Salamis (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", "
1840 "\"Themistocles\", sec. 11)"
1841 msgstr ""
1843 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:174
1844 msgid ""
1845 "\"The Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your "
1846 "mother commands me, and you command your mother.\" - Themistocles, jokingly "
1847 "to his infant son (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Themistocles\", sec. 18)"
1848 msgstr ""
1850 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:175
1851 msgid ""
1852 "\"So little pains does the mob take in finding out the truth, accepting "
1853 "readily the first story at hand.\" - Thucydides (\"History of the "
1854 "Peloponnesian War\", I. 21.3)"
1855 msgstr ""
1857 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:176
1858 msgid ""
1859 "\"The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this caused in "
1860 "Sparta, made war inevitable.\" - Thucydides (\"History of the Peloponnesian "
1861 "War\", I. 23.6)"
1862 msgstr ""
1864 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:177
1865 msgid ""
1866 "\"War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.\" - Thucydides (\"History"
1867 " of the Peloponnesian War\", I. 83.2)"
1868 msgstr ""
1870 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:178
1871 msgid ""
1872 "\"It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat "
1873 "them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.\" - Thucydides "
1874 "(\"History of the Peloponnesian War\", III. 39.5)"
1875 msgstr ""
1877 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:179
1878 msgid ""
1879 "\"This was the greatest action that happened in all this war, and all others"
1880 " that we have heard of amongst the Greeks, being to the victors most "
1881 "glorious and most calamitous to the vanquished. For they were utterly and at"
1882 " all points defeated, and their sufferings were many. Army and fleet and all"
1883 " they ever had perished, nothing was saved and few of so many ever returned "
1884 "home. Thus ended the Sicilian expedition.\" - Thucydides (\"History of the "
1885 "Peloponnesian War\", VII. 87.6-7)"
1886 msgstr ""
1888 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:180
1889 msgid ""
1890 "\"As the world goes, justice is only a matter between equals, while the "
1891 "strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.\" - Thucydides, "
1892 "describing Athenians addressing the defeated Melians who are unwilling to "
1893 "surrender (\"History of the Peloponnesian War\", V. 89.1)"
1894 msgstr ""
1896 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:181
1897 msgid ""
1898 "\"When the Lacedaemonians were no longer able to run after them, the "
1899 "skirmishers \\[...] all charged them at once, casting stones, arrows, and "
1900 "darts to the closest man at hand.\" - Thucydides, describing the Spartan "
1901 "disaster at the Battle of Sphacteria (\"History of the Peloponnesian War\", "
1902 "IV. 34.2)"
1903 msgstr ""
1905 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:182
1906 msgid ""
1907 "\"The soldiers fight and die to support others in wealth and luxury and they"
1908 " are called masters of the world without owning a single piece of farmland "
1909 "of their own.\" - Tiberius Gracchus, advocating for land reform to the "
1910 "benefit of homeless and unemployed veterans whose lands had often been "
1911 "bought up why they were on campaign (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", "
1912 "\"Tiberius Gracchus\", sec. 9)"
1913 msgstr ""
1915 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:183
1916 msgid ""
1917 "\"The wild beasts of Italy have their caves to retire to, but the brave "
1918 "veterans who spilled their blood in her cause have nothing left but air and "
1919 "light. They wander around homeless with their wives and children.\" - "
1920 "Tiberius Gracchus, advocating for land reform to the benefit of homeless and"
1921 " unemployed veterans whose lands had often been bought up why they were on "
1922 "campaign (Plutarch, \"Parallel Lives\", \"Tiberius Gracchus\", sec. 9)"
1923 msgstr ""
1925 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:184
1926 msgid ""
1927 "\"Do not trust the horse, Trojans! I fear the Greeks even when they bring "
1928 "gifts.\" - Virgil (\"Aeneid\", II. 48-49)"
1929 msgstr ""
1931 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:185
1932 msgid "\"Prepared for either alternative.\" - Virgil (\"Aeneid\", II. 61)"
1933 msgstr ""
1935 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:186
1936 msgid ""
1937 "\"Homer and Hesiod ascribed to their Gods all things that are a disgrace "
1938 "among mortals: stealing, adultery, deceiving one another.\" - Xenophanes "
1939 "(fragment 11)"
1940 msgstr ""
1942 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:187
1943 msgid ""
1944 "\"If oxen and horses and lions had hands, and could paint, and produce works"
1945 " of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses, and"
1946 " oxen like oxen, and make their God's bodies each in their own image.\" - "
1947 "Xenophanes (fragment 15)"
1948 msgstr ""
1950 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:188
1951 msgid ""
1952 "\"The Ethiopians make their gods black and snub-nosed, the Thracians say "
1953 "theirs have blue eyes and red hair.\" - Xenophanes (fragment 16)"
1954 msgstr ""
1956 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:189
1957 msgid ""
1958 "\"These are the right questions to ask, in winter around the fire \\[...]: "
1959 "Who are you, friend? What is your land? And how old were you when the Medes "
1960 "\\[Persians] came?\" - Xenophanes, likely referring to a punitive expedition"
1961 " against Greek cities in Ionia (fragment 17)"
1962 msgstr ""
1964 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:190
1965 msgid ""
1966 "\"A prudent commander will never take risks unnecessarily, except when it is"
1967 " clear beforehand that he will have the advantage.\" - Xenophon (\"The "
1968 "Cavalry General\", 4.13)"
1969 msgstr ""
1971 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:191
1972 msgid ""
1973 "\"Attack the enemy where he is weakest, even if that is a long way off, "
1974 "since hard work is less dangerous than a struggle against superior forces.\""
1975 " - Xenophon (\"The Cavalry General\", sec. 4.14)"
1976 msgstr ""
1978 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:192
1979 msgid ""
1980 "\"He should be inventive, ready to exploit all circumstances, to make a "
1981 "small force appear large and a large one small, to appear absent when close "
1982 "at hand, and within striking distance when a long way off.\" - Xenophon "
1983 "(\"The Cavalry General\", sec. 5)"
1984 msgstr ""
1986 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:193
1987 msgid ""
1988 "\"People are glad to obey the man whom they believe to be wiser than "
1989 "themselves in pursuing their interests.\" - Xenophon (\"The Education of "
1990 "Cyrus\", 1.6.22)"
1991 msgstr ""
1993 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:194
1994 msgid ""
1995 "\"In his campaigns during summer the general must show that he can endure "
1996 "the sun better than the soldiers, in winter he must show he can endure cold "
1997 "better; and throughout all difficulties that he can endure hardships better."
1998 " This will help to make him loved by his men.\" - Xenophon (\"The Education "
1999 "of Cyrus\", 1.6.25)"
2000 msgstr ""
2002 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:195
2003 msgid ""
2004 "\"Battles are decided more by the morale of men than their physical "
2005 "strength.\" - Xenophon (\"The Education of Cyrus\", 3.3.20)"
2006 msgstr ""
2008 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:196
2009 msgid ""
2010 "\"Let's not give them enough time to arrange a defense, or to even recognise"
2011 " that we are human beings! We've got to appear to them like an "
2012 "uncontrollable nightmare of shields, swords, battle-axes and spears!\" - "
2013 "Xenophon (\"The Education of Cyrus\", 4.2.22)"
2014 msgstr ""
2016 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:197
2017 msgid ""
2018 "\"I suppose you understand, men, that pursuing, dealing blows and death, "
2019 "plunder, fame, freedom, power - all these are prizes for the winners; the "
2020 "cowardly, of course, suffer the reverse.\" - Xenophon (\"The Education of "
2021 "Cyrus\", 7.1.13)"
2022 msgstr ""
2024 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:198
2025 msgid ""
2026 "\"The man who wants that must be scheming and cunning, wily and deceitful, a"
2027 " thief and a robber, overreaching the enemy at every point.\" - Xenophon on "
2028 "how best to gain advantage over the enemy (\"The Education of Cyrus\", "
2029 "1.6.26)"
2030 msgstr ""
2032 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:199
2033 msgid ""
2034 "\"My men have turned into women, and my women into men!\" - Xerxes, watching"
2035 " Artemisia ram a ship while most of his fleet suffered the reverse, not "
2036 "knowing that the sunk vessel was his own (Herodotus, \"The Histories\", "
2037 "VIII. 88)"
2038 msgstr ""
2040 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:200
2041 msgid ""
2042 "\"For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.\" - Zoroaster, founder of "
2043 "the Zoroastrian religion (\"Ahunuvaiti Gatha\", yasna 30.9)"
2044 msgstr ""