1 # Translation template for 0 A.D. — Empires Ascendant.
2 # Copyright (C) 2024 Wildfire Games
3 # This file is distributed under the same license as the 0 A.D. — Empires Ascendant
6 # Alberto Barradas, 2017
10 # Stanislas Dolcini, 2023
11 # tuxayo/Victor Grousset, 2021
14 "Project-Id-Version: 0 A.D.\n"
15 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-01 08:08+0000\n"
16 "PO-Revision-Date: 2014-06-19 17:48+0000\n"
17 "Last-Translator: Stanislas Dolcini, 2023\n"
18 "Language-Team: Esperanto (http://app.transifex.com/wildfire-games/0ad/language/eo/)\n"
20 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
21 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
23 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
25 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/AIConfigPage.xml:(caption):13
26 msgid "AI Configuration"
29 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/AIConfigPage.xml:(caption):29
33 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/AIDescription.js:30
34 msgid "AI will be disabled for this player."
37 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AIBehavior.js:29
41 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AIDifficulty.js:32
43 msgstr "Nivelo de la AI"
45 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AISelection.js:39
50 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AISelection.js:44
54 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControl.js:142
56 msgctxt "Title for specific setting"
60 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlCheckbox.js:57
64 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlCheckbox.js:60
68 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlDropdown.js:64
69 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlSlider.js:84
70 msgctxt "settings value"
74 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingsLayout.js:7
75 msgctxt "Match settings tab name"
79 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingsLayout.js:29
80 msgctxt "Match settings tab name"
84 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingsLayout.js:41
85 msgctxt "Match settings tab name"
89 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/AIConfigButton.js:32
91 msgid "Configure AI: %(description)s."
94 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerAssignment.js:135
95 msgid "Select player."
96 msgstr "Elektu ludanton"
98 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerAssignment.js:222
103 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerAssignment.js:257
107 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerCiv.js:90
108 msgid "Choose the civilization for this player."
111 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerCiv.js:93
112 msgctxt "civilization"
116 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerCiv.js:99
117 msgid "Picks one civilization at random when the game starts."
120 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerColor.js:48
121 msgid "Pick a color."
122 msgstr "Elektu koloron"
124 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerTeam.js:47
125 msgid "Select player's team."
126 msgstr "Elektu teamon por ludanto"
128 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerTeam.js:50
133 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:(caption):6
135 msgstr "Nomo de ludanto"
137 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:(caption):10
141 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:(caption):14
142 msgid "Player Placement"
145 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:(caption):18
149 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:(caption):25
153 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Buttons/MapBrowser.js:36
157 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Buttons/MapBrowser.js:39
159 msgid "Press %(hotkey)s to view the list of available maps."
162 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/AlliedView.js:26
166 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/AlliedView.js:30
167 msgid "Toggle allied view (see what your allies see)."
170 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Cheats.js:35
174 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Cheats.js:38
175 msgid "Toggle the usability of cheats."
178 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
181 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/ExploredMap.js:26
185 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
188 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/ExploredMap.js:30
189 msgid "Toggle explored map (see initial map)."
192 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LastManStanding.js:26
193 msgid "Last Man Standing"
196 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LastManStanding.js:29
198 "Toggle whether the last remaining player or the last remaining set of allies"
202 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LockedTeams.js:30
206 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LockedTeams.js:33
207 msgid "Toggle locked teams."
210 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Nomad.js:25
214 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Nomad.js:28
216 "In Nomad mode, players start with only few units and have to find a suitable"
217 " place to build their city. Ceasefire is recommended."
220 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Rating.js:27
224 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Rating.js:30
225 msgid "Toggle if this game will be rated for the leaderboard."
228 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RegicideGarrison.js:27
229 msgid "Hero Garrison"
232 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RegicideGarrison.js:30
233 msgid "Toggle whether heroes can be garrisoned."
236 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
239 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RevealedMap.js:26
243 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
246 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RevealedMap.js:30
247 msgid "Toggle revealed map (see everything)."
250 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Spies.js:26
251 msgid "Disable Spies"
254 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Spies.js:29
255 msgid "Disable spies during the game."
258 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Treasures.js:25
259 msgid "Disable Treasures"
262 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Treasures.js:28
263 msgid "Do not add treasures to the map."
266 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/WorldPopulation.js:25
267 msgid "World Population"
270 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/WorldPopulation.js:28
272 "When checked the Population Cap will be evenly distributed over all living "
276 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:54
280 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:60
281 msgid "Select the flora and fauna."
284 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:63
289 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:66
290 msgid "Pick a biome at random."
293 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:57
297 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:60
298 msgid "Select whether the match takes place at daylight or night."
301 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:63
302 msgctxt "daytime selection"
306 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:66
307 msgctxt "daytime selection"
308 msgid "Randomly pick a time of the day."
311 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/GameSpeed.js:61
313 msgstr "Rapido de ludo"
315 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/GameSpeed.js:64
316 msgid "Select game speed."
319 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:25
320 msgctxt "landscape selection"
324 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:26
325 msgctxt "landscape selection"
326 msgid "Select a random landscape."
329 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:78
333 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:81
334 msgid "Select one of the landscapes of this map."
337 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapFilter.js:82
341 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapFilter.js:85
342 msgid "Select a map filter."
343 msgstr "Elektu mapfiltron"
345 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:26
349 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:141
353 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:144
354 msgid "Select a map to play on."
355 msgstr "Elektu mapon por ludi"
357 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:150
358 msgctxt "map selection"
362 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:153
363 msgid "Pick any of the given maps at random."
366 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSize.js:39
370 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSize.js:42
371 msgid "Select map size. (Larger sizes may reduce performance.)"
372 msgstr "Elektu mapgrandecon (Grandaj mapoj povas damaĝi rendimenton)"
374 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapType.js:65
378 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapType.js:68
379 msgid "Select a map type."
380 msgstr "Elektu maptipon"
382 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PlayerCount.js:33
383 msgid "Number of Players"
384 msgstr "Nombro de ludantoj"
386 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PlayerCount.js:36
387 msgid "Select number of players."
388 msgstr "Elektu nombro da ludantoj"
390 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:52
391 msgid "Population Cap"
394 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:55
395 msgid "Select population limit."
398 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:58
399 msgctxt "population limit"
403 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:61
406 "Warning: There might be performance issues if all %(players)s players reach "
407 "%(popCap)s population."
410 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:50
411 msgid "Starting Resources"
414 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:53
415 msgid "Select the game's starting resources."
418 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:56
420 msgid "Initial amount of each resource: %(resources)s."
423 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:59
424 msgctxt "starting resources"
428 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:53
429 msgid "Team Placement"
432 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:56
433 msgid "Select one of the starting position patterns of this map."
436 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:60
437 msgctxt "team placement"
441 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:61
442 msgctxt "team placement"
443 msgid "Select a random team placement pattern when starting the game."
446 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TriggerDifficulty.js:41
450 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TriggerDifficulty.js:44
451 msgid "Select the difficulty of this scenario."
454 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WaterLevel.js:43
458 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WaterLevel.js:46
459 msgid "Select the water level of this map."
462 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WorldPopulationCap.js:47
463 msgid "World Population Cap"
466 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WorldPopulationCap.js:50
467 msgid "Select world population limit."
470 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WorldPopulationCap.js:53
473 "Warning: There might be performance issues if %(popCap)s population is "
477 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:35
481 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:38
482 msgid "Set time where no attacks are possible."
485 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:41
490 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:44
493 msgid "%(minutes)s minute"
494 msgid_plural "%(minutes)s minutes"
498 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicCount.js:38
502 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicCount.js:41
504 msgid "%(number)s relic"
505 msgid_plural "%(number)s relics"
509 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicCount.js:44
511 "Total number of relics spawned on the map. Relic victory is most realistic "
512 "with only one or two relics. With greater numbers, the relics are important "
513 "to capture to receive aura bonuses."
516 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:38
517 msgid "Relic Duration"
520 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:41
521 msgid "Minutes until the player has achieved Relic Victory."
524 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:47
525 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:44
527 msgctxt "victory duration"
528 msgid "%(min)s minute"
529 msgid_plural "%(min)s minutes"
533 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:50
534 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:47
535 msgctxt "victory duration"
536 msgid "Immediate Victory."
539 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/SeaLevelRiseTime.js:38
540 msgid "Sea Level Rise Time"
543 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/SeaLevelRiseTime.js:41
544 msgid "Set the time when the water will start to rise."
547 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/SeaLevelRiseTime.js:44
549 msgctxt "sea level rise time"
550 msgid "%(minutes)s minute"
551 msgid_plural "%(minutes)s minutes"
555 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:38
556 msgid "Wonder Duration"
559 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:41
560 msgid "Minutes until the player has achieved Wonder Victory"
563 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CancelButton.js:36
567 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CancelButton.js:39
568 msgid "Return to the lobby."
569 msgstr "Reveni al la vestiblo"
571 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CancelButton.js:42
572 msgid "Return to the main menu."
575 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CivInfoButton.js:48
578 "%(hotkey_civinfo)s / %(hotkey_structree)s: View Civilization Overview / Structure Tree\n"
579 "Last opened will be reopened on click."
582 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/LobbyButton.js:19
583 msgid "Show the multiplayer lobby in a dialog window."
586 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:79
590 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:80
594 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:81
595 msgid "I'm not ready!"
596 msgstr "Mi ankoraŭ ne pretas!"
598 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:85
599 msgid "State that you are ready to play."
602 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:86
603 msgid "Stay ready even when the game settings change."
606 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:87
607 msgid "State that you are not ready to play."
608 msgstr "Deklaru ke vi ankoraŭ ne pretas por ludi"
610 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ResetCivsButton.js:29
612 "Reset any civilizations that have been selected to the default (random)."
615 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ResetTeamsButton.js:29
616 msgid "Reset all teams to the default."
619 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/StartGameButton.js:65
621 msgstr "Komenci maĉon!"
623 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/StartGameButton.js:68
624 msgid "Start a new game with the current settings."
627 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/StartGameButton.js:71
629 "Start a new game with the current settings (disabled until all players are "
633 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatInputPanel.js:55
635 msgid "Press %(hotkey)s to autocomplete player names or settings."
638 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientChat.js:27
639 msgid "Unknown Player"
640 msgstr "Nekonata ludanto"
642 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientChat.js:47
644 msgid "<%(username)s>"
647 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientChat.js:50
649 msgid "%(username)s %(message)s"
652 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientConnection.js:27
654 msgid "%(username)s has joined"
655 msgstr "%(username)s eniris"
657 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientConnection.js:30
659 msgid "%(username)s has left"
660 msgstr "%(username)s eliris"
662 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientKicked.js:22
664 msgid "%(username)s has been kicked"
665 msgstr "%(username)s estis forpelita"
667 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientKicked.js:25
669 msgid "%(username)s has been banned"
670 msgstr "%(username)s estas malpermesita"
672 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientReady.js:28
674 msgid "* %(username)s is not ready."
675 msgstr "%(username)s Ankoraŭ ne pretas"
677 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientReady.js:29
679 msgid "* %(username)s is ready!"
680 msgstr "%(username)s estas preta!"
682 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/GameSettingsChanged.js:22
683 msgid "Game settings have been changed"
686 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatPanel.xml:(caption):9
690 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/StatusMessageFormat.js:24
692 msgid "== %(message)s"
693 msgstr "== %(message)s"
695 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/TimestampWrapper.js:25
697 msgid "%(time)s %(message)s"
698 msgstr "%(time)s%(message)s"
700 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/TimestampWrapper.js:28
703 msgstr "\\[%(time)s]"
705 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/TimestampWrapper.js:31
709 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/GameSettingWarning.js:40
710 msgid "Cheats enabled."
713 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/GameSettingWarning.js:43
717 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/GameSettingsTabs.js:74
719 msgid "Click to toggle the %(name)s settings tab."
722 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/MapPreview.js:27
723 msgid "No selected map"
726 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/MapPreview.js:47
727 msgid "Click to view the list of available maps."
730 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/TipsPanel.xml:(caption):10
731 msgid "Show this message in the future."
734 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/LoadingPage/LoadingPage.xml:(caption):7
738 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/LoadingPage/LoadingPage.xml:(caption):11
739 msgid "Loading map data. Please wait…"
742 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:(caption):17
744 msgstr "Maĉo Agordado"
746 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:59
748 msgid "%(name)s's game"
749 msgstr "%(name)s's ludo"
751 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:123
752 msgid "Please enter a valid server name."
755 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:131
757 msgid "Server port number must be between %(min)s and %(max)s."
760 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:150
761 msgid "Connecting to server..."
762 msgstr "Konektanta al la servilo..."
764 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:165
765 msgid "Server is not running."
768 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:166
769 msgid "Password is invalid."
772 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:167
773 msgid "You have been banned."
776 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:168
778 "Failed to get local IP of the server (it was assumed to be on the same "
782 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:171
784 msgid "\\[Invalid value %(reason)s]"
787 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:179
788 msgid "Failed to connect to the server."
791 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:181
792 msgid "Connection failed"
793 msgstr "Konektado malsukcesis"
795 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:193
797 msgid "Net message: %(message)s"
798 msgstr "Interreta mesaĝo: %(message)s"
800 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:276
801 msgid "Registering with server..."
802 msgstr "Registranta per la servilo..."
804 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:282
805 msgid "Game has already started, rejoining..."
806 msgstr "Ludo jam komencis, realiĝanta..."
808 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:361
809 msgid "Game name already in use."
810 msgstr "Luda nomo jam estas uzita"
812 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:376
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919 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:1
921 "“Zeus \\[…] established his law: wisdom comes through suffering. \\[…] So "
922 "men against their will learn to practice moderation. \\[…] Such grace is "
923 "harsh and violent.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Agamemnon”, 176–183)"
926 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:2
928 "“She \\[Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction.” \\n— Aeschylus "
932 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:3
934 "“In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he "
935 "cannot trust a friend.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Prometheus Bound”, 224–225)"
938 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:4
940 "“Time in the long run teaches all things.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Prometheus "
944 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:5
946 "“His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Seven "
947 "Against Thebes”, 592)"
950 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:6
951 msgid "“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.” \\n— Aeschylus (fragment 383)"
954 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:7
956 "“The gods help those that help themselves.” \\n— Aesop (“Hercules and the "
960 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:8
962 "“It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.” \\n— Aesop (“The"
963 " Ant and the Grasshopper”)"
966 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:9
967 msgid "“Union gives strength.” \\n— Aesop (“The Bundle of Sticks”)"
970 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:10
972 "“Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.” \\n— "
973 "Aesop (“The Fox and the Goat”)"
976 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:11
978 "“Familiarity breeds contempt; acquaintance softens prejudices.” \\n— Aesop "
979 "(“The Fox and the Lion”)"
982 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:12
984 "“Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.” \\n— Aesop (“The Frog and the "
988 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:13
990 "“Slow and steady wins the race.” \\n— Aesop (“The Hare and the Tortoise”)"
993 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:14
995 "“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.” \\n— Aesop "
996 "(“The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox Hunting”)"
999 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:15
1001 "“Enemies' promises were made to be broken.” \\n— Aesop (“The Nurse and the "
1005 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:16
1006 msgid "“Any excuse will serve a tyrant.” \\n— Aesop (“The Wolf and the Lamb”)"
1009 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:17
1011 "“If I have done anything noble, that is a sufficient memorial; if I have "
1012 "not, all the statues in the world will not preserve my memory.” \\n— "
1013 "Agesilaus II of Sparta (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartans”, 215a)"
1016 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:18
1018 "“Spartans do not ask how many, only where the enemy are.” \\n— Agis II of "
1019 "Sparta (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartans”, 215d)"
1022 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:19
1024 "“Weep not for me, as I suffer unjustly, I am in a happier situation than my "
1025 "murderers.” \\n— Agis IV of Sparta upon seeing one of his executioners cry "
1026 "(Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Agis”, sec. 20)"
1029 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:20
1031 "“Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.” \\n— Alexander the"
1032 " Great (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 22)"
1035 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:21
1037 "“It is very servile to live in luxury, but very royal to toil. \\[…] Don't "
1038 "you know that the end and object of conquest is to avoid the vices and "
1039 "infirmities of the subdued?” \\n— Alexander the Great (Plutarch, “Parallel "
1040 "Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 40)"
1043 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:22
1045 "“Glorious are the deeds of those who undergo labor and run the risk of "
1046 "danger; and it is delightful to live a life of valor and to die leaving "
1047 "behind immortal glory.” \\n— Alexander the Great, addressing his troops "
1048 "(Arrian, “The Anabasis of Alexander”, 5.26)"
1051 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:23
1053 "“I for one think that to a brave man there is no end to labors except the "
1054 "labors themselves, provided they lead to glorious achievements.” \\n— "
1055 "Alexander the Great, addressing his troops (Arrian, “The Anabasis of "
1059 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:24
1061 "“If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes \\[of Sinope].” \\n— "
1062 "Alexander the Great, impressed by the simplicity of the philosopher he had "
1063 "met (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “On the Fortunes of Alexander the Great”, 332a–b)"
1066 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:25
1068 "“To the strongest!” \\n— Alexander the Great, on his death bed, when asked "
1069 "who should succeed him as king (Arrian, “The Anabasis of Alexander”, 7.26)"
1072 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:26
1074 "“I do not steal victory.” \\n— Alexander the Great, when suggested to raid "
1075 "the Persians at night (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 31)"
1078 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:27
1080 "“Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak "
1081 "and poor, but will be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.” \\n— "
1082 "Anacharsis (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Solon”, sec. 5)"
1085 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:28
1087 "“The agora is an established place for men to cheat one another, and behave "
1088 "covetously.” \\n— Anacharsis, a Scythian philosopher who traveled to Greece "
1089 "(Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, "
1090 "“Anacharsis”, sec. 5)"
1093 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:29
1095 "“It was not by taking care of the fields, but of ourselves, that we acquired"
1096 " those fields.” \\n— Anaxandridas II of Sparta (Plutarch, “Moralia”, "
1097 "“Sayings of Spartans”, 217a)"
1100 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:30
1102 "“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.” "
1103 "\\n— Antisthenes (Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent "
1104 "Philosophers”, “Antisthenes”, sec. 5)"
1107 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:31
1109 "“The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one.” \\n— Archilochus "
1113 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:32
1115 "“Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world.” \\n— Archimedes, on "
1116 "his usage of the lever (Diodorus Siculus, “The Library of History”, "
1117 "fragments of book XXVI, sec. 18)"
1120 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:33
1122 "“It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of "
1123 "building high walls and ships of war.” \\n— Aristophanes (“Birds”)"
1126 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:34
1128 "“It is obligatory, especially for a philosopher, to sacrifice even one's "
1129 "closest personal ties in defense of the truth.” \\n— Aristotle (“Nicomachean"
1130 " Ethics”, I. 1096a.11)"
1133 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:35
1135 "“Happiness depends on leisure; for we are busy to have leisure, and make war"
1136 " to live in peace.” \\n— Aristotle (“Nicomachean Ethics”, X. 1177b.4)"
1139 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:36
1141 "“Man is by nature a political animal.” \\n— Aristotle (“Politics”, I. "
1145 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:37
1147 "“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of"
1148 " their arms.” \\n— Aristotle (“Politics, V. 1311a.11)"
1151 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:38
1153 "“I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what "
1154 "others do only from fear of the law.” \\n— Aristotle (Diogenes Laertius, "
1155 "“The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Aristotle”, sec. 20)"
1158 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:39
1160 "“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his "
1161 "enemies, for the hardest victory is over the self.” \\n— Aristotle "
1162 "(Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 223)"
1165 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:40
1167 "“Alexander himself, plagued by thirst, with great pain and difficulty "
1168 "nevertheless led the army on foot \\[…]. At this time a few of the light-"
1169 "armed soldiers \\[…] found some water \\[…], poured the water into a helmet "
1170 "and carried it to him. He took it, and commending the men who brought it, "
1171 "immediately poured it upon the ground in the sight of all.” \\n— Arrian "
1172 "about Alexander's march through the Gedrosian desert (“The Anabasis of "
1176 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:41
1178 "“Thrusting his spear into Mithridates' face, he \\[Alexander] hurled him to "
1179 "the ground. Then Rhoesaces \\[a Persian] \\[…] struck him on the head with "
1180 "his sword. \\[…] Alexander hurled him too to the ground, piercing with his "
1181 "lance through his breastplate into his chest. Sphithridates \\[a Persian] "
1182 "had already raised his sword against Alexander from behind when Clitus \\[…]"
1183 " cut his arm off.” \\n— Arrian about the Battle of the Granicus (“The "
1184 "Anabasis of Alexander”, 1.15)"
1187 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:42
1189 "“Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must"
1190 " not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or retreat out of cowardice.” \\n—"
1191 " Aspasia (Plato, “Menexenus”, 246b)"
1194 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:43
1196 "“Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!” \\n— Augustus, after three "
1197 "legions were annihilated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Suetonius, "
1198 "“Divus Augustus”, sec. 23)"
1201 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:44
1203 "“In my nineteenth year, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised"
1204 " an army with which I liberated the state, which was oppressed by the "
1205 "tyranny of a faction.” \\n— Augustus, in his autobiography (“Res Gestae Divi"
1206 " Augusti”, sec. 1)"
1209 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:45
1211 "“Wars, both civil and foreign, I waged throughout the world, on sea and "
1212 "land, and when victorious I spared all citizens who sued for pardon. The "
1213 "foreign nations which could with safety be pardoned I preferred to save "
1214 "rather than to destroy.” \\n— Augustus, in his autobiography (“Res Gestae "
1215 "Divi Augusti”, sec. 3)"
1218 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:46
1220 "“Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have "
1221 "adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.” \\n— Bias of Priene "
1222 "(Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, "
1226 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:47
1228 "“How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if "
1229 "baldness were a cure for sorrow.” \\n— Bion of Borysthenes (Cicero, "
1230 "“Tusculan Disputations”, III. 26)"
1233 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:48
1235 "“He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.” \\n— Bion of "
1236 "Borysthenes, referring to a wealthy miser (Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and"
1237 " Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Bion”, sec. 50)"
1240 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:49
1242 "“Woe to the Defeated!” \\n— Brennus, Gaulish chieftain who had seized Rome "
1243 "(with the exception of a garrison on Capitoline Hill). When Camillus arrived"
1244 " from Veii and besieged him, he negotiated his withdrawal for 1000 pounds of"
1245 " gold, but not without using false weights and adding the weight of his "
1246 "sword on the scale when the Romans complained (Polybius, “Histories”, II. "
1250 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:50
1252 "“Robbery, slaughter, plunder, they \\[the Romans] deceivingly name empire; "
1253 "they make a wasteland and call it peace.” \\n— Calgacus, Caledonian "
1254 "chieftain in a speech before the Battle of Mons Graupius (Tacitus, "
1258 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:51
1259 msgid "“Set a thief to catch a thief.” \\n— Callimachus (“Epigrams”, 44)"
1262 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:52
1264 "“All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule "
1265 "us.” \\n— Cato the Elder (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Romans”, 198e)"
1268 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:53
1270 "“The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.” \\n— Cato the Elder "
1271 "(Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Romans”, 198f)"
1274 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:54
1276 "“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.” \\n— Cato the "
1277 "Elder (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Cato the Elder”, sec. 9)"
1280 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:55
1282 "“Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.” \\n— Cato the "
1283 "Elder, who ended all speeches in his later life with this statement "
1284 "(Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Cato the Elder”, sec. 27)"
1287 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:56
1289 "“We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a"
1290 " razor's edge.” \\n— Corinthian epitaph to their fallen of the Persian Wars "
1291 "(Plutarch, “Moralia”, “On the Malice of Herodotus”, 870e)"
1294 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:57
1296 "“Then the blood really flowed, for the two lines were so close that shield "
1297 "struck against shield, and they drove their swords into each other's faces. "
1298 "It was impossible for the weak or cowardly to retreat; man to man they "
1299 "fought like in single combat.” \\n— Curtius Rufus about the Battle of Issus "
1300 "(“Histories of Alexander the Great”, III. 11.5)"
1303 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:58
1305 "“I am Cyrus, who won for the Persians their empire. Therefore do not "
1306 "begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.” \\n— Cyrus the Great's "
1307 "epitaph (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 69)"
1310 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:59
1312 "“I am Darius, the great king, king of kings, the king of Persia, the king of"
1313 " countries, \\[…] 23 lands in total.” \\n— Darius I (Behistun inscription, "
1317 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:60
1319 "“Phraortes was captured and brought before me. I cut off his nose, his ears,"
1320 " and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in chains at my "
1321 "palace entrance, and all the people saw him. Then I crucified him in "
1322 "Ecbatana; and the men who were his foremost followers \\[…] I flayed and "
1323 "hung out their skins, stuffed with straw.” \\n— Darius I (Behistun "
1324 "inscription, column II, 32)"
1327 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:61
1329 "“By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.” \\n— Democritus "
1333 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:62
1335 "“It is hard to be governed by one's inferior.” \\n— Democritus (fragment)"
1338 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:63
1340 "“Physical strength is only noble in cattle, it is strength of character that"
1341 " is noble in men.” \\n— Democritus (fragment)"
1344 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:64
1346 "“It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and "
1347 "treachery.” \\n— Demosthenes, in one of his many speeches against the rising"
1348 " Philip II of Macedon (“Olynthiac II”, 10)"
1351 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:65
1353 "“Delivery, delivery, delivery.” \\n— Demosthenes, when asked what were the "
1354 "three most important elements of rhetoric (Cicero, “De Oratore”, 3.213)"
1357 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:66
1359 "“The Macedonians first raised an unearthly shout followed by the Persians "
1360 "answering, so that the whole hillside bordering the battlefield echoed back "
1361 "the sound, and that second roar was louder than the Macedonian war cry as "
1362 "five hundred thousand men shouted with one voice.” \\n— Diodorus Siculus "
1363 "about the Battle of Issus (“The Library of History”, XVII., sec. 33)"
1366 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:67
1368 "“Brasidas, taking his stand on the gangway, fought off from there the "
1369 "multitude of Athenians who converged upon him. And at the outset he slew "
1370 "many as they came at him, but after a while, as numerous missiles assailed "
1371 "him, he suffered many wounds on the front of his body.” \\n— Diodorus "
1372 "Siculus, on a brave Spartan at the Battle of Pylos (“The Library of "
1373 "History”, XXII., sec. 62)"
1376 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:68
1378 "“Plato had defined man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was "
1379 "applauded. Diogenes \\[of Sinope] plucked a fowl and brought it into the "
1380 "lecture-room with the words: Here is Plato's man. In consequence of which "
1381 "there was added to the definition: having broad nails.” \\n— Diogenes "
1382 "Laertius (“The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Diogenes”, sec."
1386 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:69
1388 "“I am a citizen of the world.” \\n— Diogenes of Sinope (Diogenes Laertius, "
1389 "“The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Diogenes”, sec. 63)"
1392 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:70
1394 "“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.” "
1395 "\\n— Diogenes of Sinope (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 51)"
1398 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:71
1400 "“Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.” \\n— Diogenes of Sinope to "
1401 "Alexander the Great, who asked if he could help in in any way (Plutarch, "
1402 "“Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 14)"
1405 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:72
1407 "“The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself "
1408 "so.” \\n— Ennius (“Annales”, fragment 31.493)"
1411 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:73
1413 "“Stranger, go tell the Spartans that we lie here, obedient to their laws.” "
1414 "\\n— Epitaph at Thermopylae for Leonidas and his men (Herodotus, “The "
1415 "Histories”, VII. 228)"
1418 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:74
1420 "“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.” \\n— Euripides "
1421 "(“Iphigenia in Tauris”)"
1424 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:75
1426 "“Brave men are made bolder by ordeals, but cowards achieve nothing.” \\n— "
1427 "Euripides (“Iphigenia in Tauris”)"
1430 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:76
1432 "“Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.” \\n— "
1433 "Euripides (“Meleager”)"
1436 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:77
1438 "“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.” \\n— Euripides "
1442 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:78
1444 "“Return with your shield, or on it.” \\n— Farewell of Spartan women to their"
1445 " warriors, implying that cowards would throw away their shield in battle to "
1446 "flee (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartan Women”, 241f)"
1449 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:79
1451 "“I came, I saw, I conquered.” \\n— Caesar, after routing Pharnaces II of "
1452 "Pontus in the first assault (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Caesar”, sec. 50)"
1455 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:80
1457 "“Men willingly believe what they wish.” \\n— Caesar (“De Bello Gallico”, "
1461 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:81
1463 "“It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry "
1464 "looking.” \\n— Caesar (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Antony”, sec. 11)"
1467 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:82
1469 "“After fighting from noon almost to sunset, with victory doubtful, the "
1470 "Germans, on one side charged the enemy in a compact body, and drove them "
1471 "back; and, when they were put to flight, the archers were surrounded and cut"
1472 " to pieces.” \\n— Caesar about the Battle of Alesia (“De Bello Gallico”, "
1476 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:83
1478 "“All the centurions of the fourth cohort were slain, and the standard-bearer"
1479 " killed, the standard itself lost, almost all the centurions of the other "
1480 "cohorts either wounded or slain, and among them the chief centurion of the "
1481 "legion, Publius Sextius Baculus, a very valiant man, who was so exhausted by"
1482 " many and severe wounds, that he was already unable to support himself.” "
1483 "\\n— Caesar about the Battle of the Sabis (“De Bello Gallico”, II. 25)"
1486 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:84
1488 "“But the enemy \\[…] displayed such great courage, that when the front rank "
1489 "had fallen the men behind them stood on them and continue the fight from on "
1490 "top of the corpses; when these were killed the pile of bodies grew higher, "
1491 "while the survivors used the heap as a vantage point for throwing missiles "
1492 "at our men, or catching our spears and throwing them back.” \\n— Caesar "
1493 "about the Battle of the Sabis (“De Bello Gallico”, II. 27)"
1496 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:85
1498 "“The die is cast.” \\n— Caesar, when crossing the Rubicon river with his "
1499 "legion into Italy, a capital offense that led to his civil war against "
1500 "Pompey (Suetonius, “The Lives of the Twelve Caesars”, 32)"
1503 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:86
1505 "“I'd rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome.” \\n— Caesar,"
1506 " when passing through a barbarian village in the Alps (Plutarch, “Parallel "
1507 "Lives”, “Caesar”, sec. 11)"
1510 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:87
1512 "“Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!” \\n— Pompey (Plutarch, “Parallel "
1513 "Lives”, “Pompey”, sec. 10)"
1516 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:88
1518 "“If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.” \\n— "
1519 "Hammurabi (Hammurabi's Code, sec. 196)"
1522 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:89
1524 "“I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians "
1525 "against Rome.” \\n— Hannibal (Polybius, “Histories”, III. 85)"
1528 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:90
1530 "“Let us now end the anxiety of the Romans, who can't wait for the death of "
1531 "an old man.” \\n— Hannibal's last words before his suicide, in exile with "
1532 "Flaminius pressuring the local ruler to hand him over (Livy, “History of "
1536 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:91
1538 "“Most inhuman and most arrogant of nations, they \\[the Romans] reckon the "
1539 "world as theirs and subject to their pleasure. With whom we are to be at "
1540 "war, with whom at peace, they think it right that they should determine.” "
1541 "\\n— Hannibal, addressing his troops (Livy, “History of Rome”, XXI. 44)"
1544 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:92
1546 "“You must be brave and discard all hopes of anything but victory or death.” "
1547 "\\n— Hannibal, addressing his troops (Livy, “History of Rome”, XXI. 44)"
1550 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:93
1552 "“War is the father and king of all things: some he has made gods, and some "
1553 "men; some slaves and some free.” \\n— Heraclitus (Hippolytus, “The "
1554 "Refutation of all Heresies”, IX. 4)"
1557 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:94
1559 "“You could not step twice into the same river.” \\n— Heraclitus (Plato, "
1563 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:95
1565 "“It is better to be envied than to be pitied.” \\n— Herodotus (“The "
1566 "Histories”, III. 52)"
1569 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:96
1571 "“In soft regions are born soft men.” \\n— Herodotus (“The Histories”, IX. "
1575 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:97
1577 "“This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.”"
1578 " \\n— Herodotus (“The Histories”, IX. 16)"
1581 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:98
1583 "“Although he \\[Xerxes] had plenty of troops he had few men.” \\n— Herodotus"
1584 " (“The Histories”, VII. 210)"
1587 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:99
1589 "“The Lacedaemonians \\[Spartans] fought a memorable battle; they made it "
1590 "quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against "
1591 "amateurs.” \\n— Herodotus (“The Histories”, VII. 211)"
1594 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:100
1596 "“Being informed \\[…] that when the Barbarians discharged their arrows they "
1597 "obscured the light of the sun by the multitude of the arrows, he "
1598 "\\[Dieneces] \\[…] said that their guest \\[…] brought them very good news, "
1599 "for if the Medes obscured the light of the sun, the battle against them "
1600 "would be in the shade and not in the sun.” \\n— Herodotus describing "
1601 "Dieneces, reputedly the bravest Spartan soldier at Thermopylae (Polybius, "
1602 "“Histories”, VII. 226)"
1605 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:101
1607 "“The judgment given to Croesus by each of the two oracles \\[Delphi and "
1608 "Thebes] was the same: If he sent an army against the Persians, he would "
1609 "destroy a great empire.” \\n— Herodotus, later mentioning that the empire "
1610 "Croesus destroyed was his own (“The Histories”, I. 53)"
1613 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:102
1615 "“He \\[King Darius] asked who the Athenians were, and, being informed, "
1616 "called for his bow, and placing an arrow on the string, shot upward into the"
1617 " sky, saying, as he let fly the shaft: Grant me, Zeus, to revenge myself on "
1618 "the Athenians!” \\n— Herodotus, narrating how the Athenian support for the "
1619 "Ionian revolt caught the wrath of Darius I, the Persian king (“The "
1620 "Histories”, V. 105)"
1623 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:103
1625 "“He \\[King Darius] asked one of his servants every day, when his dinner was"
1626 " spread, three times to repeat to him: Master, remember the Athenians!” \\n—"
1627 " Herodotus, narrating how the Athenian support for the Ionian revolt lead to"
1628 " the Persian Wars (“The Histories”, V. 105)"
1631 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:104
1633 "“Conquered Greece took captive her savage conqueror and brought her arts "
1634 "into rustic Latium.” \\n— Horace (“Epistles”, epistle I., 156–157)"
1637 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:105
1639 "“Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control "
1640 "you.” \\n— Horace (“Epistles”, epistle II., 62)"
1643 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:106
1645 "“It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.” \\n— Horace "
1646 "(“Epistles”, epistle XVIII., 84)"
1649 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:107
1651 "“It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country.” \\n— Horace (“Odes”, "
1652 "III., ode II., 13)"
1655 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:108
1656 msgid "“I am Cyrus, king of the world…” \\n— Inscription (Cyrus Cylinder)"
1659 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:109
1661 "“In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their "
1662 "sons.” \\n— Croesus, king of Lydia (Herodotus, “The Histories”, I. 87)"
1665 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:110
1667 "“Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he"
1668 " who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes "
1669 "punishment as deserved becomes respectable.”\\n— Kauṭilya (“Arthashastra”, "
1673 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:111
1675 "“If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.”\\n— "
1676 "Kauṭilya (“Arthashastra” I.19.1)"
1679 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:112
1681 "“Marry a good man, and bear good children.” \\n— Leonidas, to his wife who "
1682 "asked what to do if he died, before he left for Thermopylae (Plutarch, "
1683 "“Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartans”, 225a)"
1686 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:113
1688 "“Come and get them!” \\n— Leonidas, to the Persian messenger who demanded "
1689 "that he and his men lay down their arms (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of "
1693 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:114
1695 "“Some were discovered lying there alive, with thighs and tendons slashed, "
1696 "baring their necks and throats and bidding their conquerors drain the "
1697 "remnant of their blood. Others were found with their heads buried in holes "
1698 "dug in the ground. They had apparently made these pits for themselves.” \\n—"
1699 " Livy, describing the aftermath of the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal "
1700 "inflicted the greatest defeat on the Romans in all their history (“History "
1701 "of Rome”, XXII. 51)"
1704 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:115
1706 "“There lay thousands upon thousands of Romans \\[…]. Here and there amidst "
1707 "the slain rose a gory figure whose wounds had begun to throb with the chill "
1708 "of dawn, and was cut down by his enemies.” \\n— Livy, describing the "
1709 "aftermath of the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal inflicted the greatest "
1710 "defeat on the Romans in all their history (“History of Rome”, XXII. 51)"
1713 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:116
1715 "“A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick.” \\n— "
1716 "Lycurgus of Sparta (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Lycurgus”, sec. 19)"
1719 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:117
1721 "“Escape, yes, but this time with my hands, not my feet.” \\n— Brutus, before"
1722 " committing suicide after losing a battle against Caesar's avengers "
1723 "(Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Brutus”, sec. 52)"
1726 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:118
1727 msgid "“O, the times, O, the customs!” \\n— Cicero (“Against Catiline”, I.)"
1730 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:119
1732 "“A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its "
1733 "honor or its safety.” \\n— Cicero (“De Re Publica”, III., 23)"
1736 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:120
1738 "“The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of "
1739 "truth.” \\n— Cicero (“On Duties”, I., 13)"
1742 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:121
1744 "“No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.” \\n— "
1745 "Cicero (“On Old Age”, sec. 24)"
1748 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:122
1750 "“Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.” \\n— Cicero (“On the "
1751 "Laws”, III., sec. 3)"
1754 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:123
1756 "“Endless money forms the sinews of war.” \\n— Cicero (“Philippics”, V., sec."
1760 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:124
1762 "“Laws are silent in time of war.” \\n— Cicero (“Pro Milone”, IV., sec. 11)"
1765 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:125
1767 "“That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from "
1768 "murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!” \\n— Cicero, "
1769 "condemning Mark Anthony who had not killed him (yet) (“Philippics”, II., "
1773 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:126
1775 "“He did not even stand up to review his fleet when the ships were already at"
1776 " their fighting stations, but lay on his back and gazed up at the sky, never"
1777 " rising to show that he was alive until Marcus Agrippa had routed the "
1778 "enemy.” \\n— Mark Antony, taunting Augustus who delegated his duties as "
1779 "naval commander (Suetonius, “Divus Augustus”, sec. 16)"
1782 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:127
1784 "“We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.” \\n— Menander (“Lady of "
1785 "Andros”, fragment 50)"
1788 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:128
1789 msgid "“The man who runs may fight again.” \\n— Menander (“Monosticha”)"
1792 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:129
1794 "“Whom the Gods love dies young.” \\n— Menander (“The Double Deceiver”, "
1798 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:130
1799 msgid "“I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.” \\n— Menander (fragment 545 K)"
1802 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:131
1804 "“The greatest glory is won from the greatest dangers. When our fathers faced"
1805 " the Persians their resources could not compare to ours. In fact, they gave "
1806 "up even what they had. Then by wise counsels and daring deeds, not fortune "
1807 "and material advantages, they drove out the invaders and made our city what "
1808 "it is now.” \\n— Pericles (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, "
1812 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:132
1814 "“Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action,"
1815 " we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.” \\n— "
1816 "Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of"
1817 " the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. 40.2)"
1820 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:133
1822 "“We alone do not think that a man ignorant of politics interferes with "
1823 "nothing, we think he is good for nothing.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral "
1824 "Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of the war (Thucydides, "
1825 "“History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. 40.2)"
1828 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:134
1830 "“Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.” \\n— "
1831 "Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of"
1832 " the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. 41.5)"
1835 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:135
1837 "“When you realize the power of Athens, consider it was won by valiant men "
1838 "who knew their duty, had a sense of dishonor in fight and, if their "
1839 "enterprises failed, would rather give their lives than lack in civic "
1840 "virtue.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the"
1841 " first year of the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. "
1845 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:136
1847 "“To heroes all earth is their tomb, and their virtues are remembered far "
1848 "from home where an epitaph declares them, in an unwritten record of the mind"
1849 " that will outlast any monument.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral Oration for "
1850 "Athenians that died in the first year of the war (Thucydides, “History of "
1851 "the Peloponnesian War”, II. 43.3)"
1854 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:137
1856 "“Understand that happiness depends on freedom, and freedom depends on "
1857 "courage.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in "
1858 "the first year of the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, "
1862 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:138
1864 "“Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, time.” \\n— Pericles, a cautious "
1865 "politician who avoided war (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Pericles”, sec. 18)"
1868 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:139
1870 "“Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is"
1871 " certainly dangerous to let it go.” \\n— Pericles, addressing the Athenian "
1872 "assembly after a plague had weakened the city (Thucydides, “History of the "
1873 "Peloponnesian War”, II. 63.3)"
1876 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:140
1878 "“War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced man"
1879 " fears its approach in his heart.” \\n— Pindar (fragment 110)"
1882 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:141
1884 "“Themistocles robbed his fellow citizens of spear and shield, and degraded "
1885 "the people of Athens to the rowing-pad and the oar.” \\n— Plato, no friend "
1886 "of the Athenian navy (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, sec. 3)"
1889 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:142
1891 "“No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a "
1892 "nuisance after three days.” \\n— Plautus (“The Swaggering Soldier”, Act III,"
1896 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:143
1898 "“You cannot eat your cake and have it too, unless you think your money is "
1899 "immortal.”\\n— Plautus (“Trinummus”, Act II, scene 4, 13–14)"
1902 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:144
1904 "“He \\[Alexander] thought nothing invincible for the courageous, and nothing"
1905 " secure for the cowardly.” \\n— Plutarch (“Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, "
1909 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:145
1911 "“One \\[…] shot an arrow at him with such accuracy and force that it pierced"
1912 " his breastplate and got stuck in his ribs. \\[…] Alexander recoiled and "
1913 "sank to his knees. \\[…] At last Alexander killed the barbarian. But he "
1914 "received many wounds, at last was struck on the neck with a mace, and leaned"
1915 " against the city wall, his eyes still fixed upon his foes.” \\n— Plutarch "
1916 "about the Mallian Campaign (“Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 63)"
1919 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:146
1921 "“When the pirates demanded a ransom of twenty talents for him, Caesar burst "
1922 "out laughing. They did not know, he said, who it was that they had captured,"
1923 " and he volunteered to pay fifty.” \\n— Plutarch, who mentions later that "
1924 "Caesar got his money back and had his captors crucified (“Parallel Lives”, "
1928 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:147
1930 "“They \\[the Romans] want the centurions not so much to be adventurous and "
1931 "daredevils, as to be natural leaders, of a steady and reliable spirit. They "
1932 "do not so much want men who will initiate attacks and open the battle, but "
1933 "men who will hold their ground when beaten and hard-pressed, and will be "
1934 "ready to die at their posts.” \\n— Polybius (“Histories”, VI. 24)"
1937 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:148
1939 "“The Roman battle line is hard to break, since it allows every man to fight "
1940 "both individually and collectively; so that a formation can fight in any "
1941 "direction, with the maniples nearest to the point of danger wheeling around "
1942 "to face it.” \\n— Polybius (“Histories”, XV. 15)"
1945 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:149
1947 "“The Athenian people are always in the position of a ship without a "
1948 "commander. Fear of the enemy or a storm make the crew be of one mind and "
1949 "obey the helmsman, everything goes well; but if they recover \\[…] they "
1950 "quarrel with each other \\[…], and the result has often been that, after "
1951 "escaping the dangers of the widest seas and the most violent storms, they "
1952 "wreck their ship in harbor and close to shore.” \\n— Polybius on the "
1953 "Athenian constitution (“Histories”, VI. 44)"
1956 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:150
1958 "“Most of the Romans were trampled to death by the enormous weight of the "
1959 "elephants; the rest were shot down in their ranks by the numerous cavalry: "
1960 "and there were only a very few who attempted to save themselves by flight.” "
1961 "\\n— Polybius on the Battle of Bagradas where a Roman army was annihilated "
1962 "during the First Punic War (“Histories”, I. 34)"
1965 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:151
1967 "“Hannibal gave the signal for attack; and at the same time sent orders to "
1968 "the troops lying in ambush on the hills to do the same, and thus delivered "
1969 "an assault upon the enemy at every point at once.” \\n— Polybius on the "
1970 "beginning of a Roman disaster at the Trasymene Lake (“Histories”, III. 84)"
1973 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:152
1975 "“In the phalanx, the men cannot turn around singly and defend themselves: "
1976 "this tribune, therefore, charged them \\[from behind] and killed all he "
1977 "could get at; until, unable to resist, they were forced to throw away their "
1978 "shields and flee.” \\n— Polybius, describing the defeat of Philip V. of "
1979 "Macedon by Flaminius in the Battle of Cynoscephalae (“Histories”, XVIII. 26)"
1982 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:153
1984 "“The Roman order on the other hand is flexible: for every Roman, once armed "
1985 "and on the field, is equally well equipped for every place, time, or "
1986 "appearance of the enemy. He is, moreover, quite ready and needs to make no "
1987 "change, whether he is required to fight in the main body, or in a "
1988 "detachment, or in a single maniple, or even by himself.” \\n— Polybius, "
1989 "explaining how the Romans can defeat the Macedonian phalanx (“Histories”, "
1993 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:154
1995 "“Scipio \\[Aemilianus], when he looked upon the city \\[Carthage] as it was "
1996 "utterly perishing and in the last throes of its complete destruction, is "
1997 "said to have shed tears and wept openly for his enemies. And realized that "
1998 "all cities, nations, and authorities must, like men, meet their doom.” \\n— "
1999 "Polybius, eyewitness to the destruction of Carthage (“Histories”, XXXVIII. "
2003 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:155
2005 "“One more such victory and the cause is lost!” \\n— Pyrrhus of Epirus after "
2006 "the Battle of Asculum, in which the Romans lost twice as many men but he "
2007 "lost a greater share of his armed forces (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, "
2008 "“Pyrrhus”, sec. 21)"
2011 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:156
2013 "“None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.” \\n— "
2014 "Pythagoras (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 18)"
2017 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:157
2019 "“Do not say few things in many words, but many things in few words.” \\n— "
2020 "Pythagoras (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 24)"
2023 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:158
2025 "“Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent.” \\n— Pythagoras "
2026 "(Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 24)"
2029 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:159
2031 "“Unity strengthens even small states, while discord undermines the mightiest"
2032 " empires.” \\n— Sallust (“The Jugurthine War”, 10.6)"
2035 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:160
2037 "“Ungrateful fatherland, you will not even have my bones!” \\n— Scipio "
2038 "Africanus in his epitaph, after he who defeated Hannibal was repeatedly "
2039 "accused of crimes by the Roman Senate (Valerius Maximus, “Nine books on "
2040 "memorable deeds and sayings”, 5.3.2)"
2043 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:161
2045 "“Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.” \\n— Scipio"
2046 " Africanus, replying to Hannibal's offer of peace terms before the Battle of"
2047 " Zama (Livy, “History of Rome”, XXX. 31)"
2050 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:162
2052 "“But tactical science is only one part of generalship. A general must be "
2053 "capable of equipping his forces and providing for his men. He must also be "
2054 "inventive, hardworking, and watchful, bullheaded and brilliant, friendly and"
2055 " fierce, straightforward and subtle.” \\n— Socrates (Xenophon, "
2056 "“Memorabilia”, 3.1.6)"
2059 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:163
2061 "“It is necessary to know the strength of the city and of the enemy, so that,"
2062 " if the city is stronger, one may recommend her to go to war, but if weaker "
2063 "than the enemy, may persuade her to beware.” \\n— Socrates (Xenophon, "
2064 "“Memorabilia”, 3.6.9)"
2067 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:164
2069 "“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates, in his defense when "
2070 "trialled for corrupting the youth and not worshipping the proper gods (he "
2071 "later drank hemlock after the death sentence) \\n— Plato (“Apology”, 38a)"
2074 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:165
2076 "“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to die, and you "
2077 "to live. Which is better God only knows.” Socrates, in his defense when "
2078 "trialled for corrupting the youth and not worshipping the proper gods (he "
2079 "later drank hemlock after the death sentence) \\n— Plato (“Apology”, 42a)"
2082 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:166
2084 "“Walls and ships are nothing without men living together inside them.” \\n— "
2085 "Sophocles (“Oedipus Rex”)"
2088 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:167
2090 "“We accepted an empire that was offered to us and refused to give it up "
2091 "under the pressure of three of the strongest motives: fear, honor and "
2092 "interest. It was not we who set the example, for it has always been the law "
2093 "that the weak should be subject to the strong.” \\n— Speech of an Athenian "
2094 "embassy in Sparta (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, I. 76.2)"
2097 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:168
2099 "“He could boast that he found a city of brick and left it a city of "
2100 "marble.”\\n— Suetonius, commenting on the many building projects of Augustus"
2101 " in Rome (“Divus Augustus”, 28.3)"
2104 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:169
2105 msgid "“Moderation in all things.” \\n— Terence (“The Girl from Andros”, 61)"
2108 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:170
2110 "“Fortune favors the bold.” \\n— Terence in a play about a great Athenian "
2111 "admiral (“Phormio”, 203)"
2114 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:171
2116 "“I do not know how to tune the lyre or play the harp, but I do know how to "
2117 "raise a city that was small and unimportant to glory and greatness.” \\n— "
2118 "Themistocles, defending his lack of cultural sophistication (Plutarch, "
2119 "“Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, sec. 2)"
2122 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:172
2124 "“Strike, if you will, but listen.” \\n— Themistocles, in a heated discussion"
2125 " with the Spartan fleet commander who threatened to beat him with his staff,"
2126 " before the Battle of Salamis (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, "
2130 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:173
2132 "“The Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your "
2133 "mother commands me, and you command your mother.” \\n— Themistocles, "
2134 "jokingly to his infant son (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, sec."
2138 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:174
2140 "“So little pains does the mob take in finding out the truth, accepting "
2141 "readily the first story at hand.” \\n— Thucydides (“History of the "
2142 "Peloponnesian War”, I. 21.3)"
2145 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:175
2147 "“The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this caused in "
2148 "Sparta, made war inevitable.” \\n— Thucydides (“History of the Peloponnesian"
2152 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:176
2154 "“War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.” \\n— Thucydides (“History"
2155 " of the Peloponnesian War”, I. 83.2)"
2158 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:177
2160 "“It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat "
2161 "them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.” \\n— Thucydides "
2162 "(“History of the Peloponnesian War”, III. 39.5)"
2165 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:178
2167 "“This was the greatest action that happened in all this war, and all others "
2168 "that we have heard of amongst the Greeks, being to the victors most glorious"
2169 " and most calamitous to the vanquished. For they were utterly and at all "
2170 "points defeated, and their sufferings were many. Army and fleet and all they"
2171 " ever had perished, nothing was saved and few of so many ever returned home."
2172 " Thus ended the Sicilian expedition.” \\n— Thucydides (“History of the "
2173 "Peloponnesian War”, VII. 87.6–7)"
2176 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:179
2178 "“As the world goes, justice is only a matter between equals, while the "
2179 "strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” \\n— "
2180 "Thucydides, describing Athenians addressing the defeated Melians who are "
2181 "unwilling to surrender (“History of the Peloponnesian War”, V. 89.1)"
2184 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:180
2186 "“When the Lacedaemonians were no longer able to run after them, the "
2187 "skirmishers \\[…] all charged them at once, casting stones, arrows, and "
2188 "darts to the closest man at hand.” \\n— Thucydides, describing the Spartan "
2189 "disaster at the Battle of Sphacteria (“History of the Peloponnesian War”, "
2193 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:181
2195 "“The wild beasts of Italy have their caves to retire to, but the brave "
2196 "veterans who spilled their blood in her cause have nothing left but air and "
2197 "light. They wander around homeless with their wives and children.”\\n— "
2198 "Tiberius Gracchus, advocating for land reform to the benefit of homeless and"
2199 " unemployed veterans whose lands had often been bought up while they were on"
2200 " campaign. (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Tiberius Gracchus”, 9.4–5)"
2203 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:182
2205 "“The soldiers fight and die to support others in wealth and luxury and they "
2206 "are called masters of the world without owning a single piece of farmland of"
2207 " their own.”\\n— Tiberius Gracchus, advocating for land reform to the "
2208 "benefit of homeless and unemployed veterans whose lands had often been "
2209 "bought up while they were on campaign. (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, "
2210 "“Tiberius Gracchus”, 9.5)"
2213 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:183
2215 "“Do not trust the horse, Trojans! I fear the Greeks even when they bring "
2216 "gifts.” \\n— Virgil (“Aeneid”, II. 48–49)"
2219 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:184
2220 msgid "“Prepared for either alternative.” \\n— Virgil (“Aeneid”, II. 61)"
2223 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:185
2225 "“Homer and Hesiod ascribed to their Gods all things that are a disgrace "
2226 "among mortals: stealing, adultery, deceiving one another.” \\n— Xenophanes "
2230 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:186
2232 "“If oxen and horses and lions had hands, and could paint, and produce works "
2233 "of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses, and "
2234 "oxen like oxen, and make their God's bodies each in their own image.” \\n— "
2235 "Xenophanes (fragment 15)"
2238 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:187
2240 "“The Ethiopians make their gods black and snub-nosed, the Thracians say "
2241 "theirs have blue eyes and red hair.” \\n— Xenophanes (fragment 16)"
2244 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:188
2246 "“These are the right questions to ask, in winter around the fire \\[…]: Who "
2247 "are you, friend? What is your land? And how old were you when the Medes "
2248 "\\[Persians] came?” \\n— Xenophanes, likely referring to a punitive "
2249 "expedition against Greek cities in Ionia (fragment 17)"
2252 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:189
2254 "“A prudent commander will never take risks unnecessarily, except when it is "
2255 "clear beforehand that he will have the advantage.” \\n— Xenophon (“The "
2256 "Cavalry General”, 4.13)"
2259 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:190
2261 "“Attack the enemy where he is weakest, even if that is a long way off, since"
2262 " hard work is less dangerous than a struggle against superior forces.” \\n— "
2263 "Xenophon (“The Cavalry General”, sec. 4.14)"
2266 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:191
2268 "“He should be inventive, ready to exploit all circumstances, to make a small"
2269 " force appear large and a large one small, to appear absent when close at "
2270 "hand, and within striking distance when a long way off.” \\n— Xenophon (“The"
2271 " Cavalry General”, sec. 5)"
2274 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:192
2276 "“People are glad to obey the man whom they believe to be wiser than "
2277 "themselves in pursuing their interests.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education of "
2281 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:193
2283 "“In his campaigns during summer the general must show that he can endure the"
2284 " sun better than the soldiers, in winter he must show he can endure cold "
2285 "better; and throughout all difficulties that he can endure hardships better."
2286 " This will help to make him loved by his men.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education"
2287 " of Cyrus”, 1.6.25)"
2290 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:194
2292 "“Battles are decided more by the morale of men than their physical "
2293 "strength.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education of Cyrus”, 3.3.20)"
2296 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:195
2298 "“Let's not give them enough time to arrange a defense, or to even recognize "
2299 "that we are human beings! We've got to appear to them like an uncontrollable"
2300 " nightmare of shields, swords, battle-axes and spears!” \\n— Xenophon (“The "
2301 "Education of Cyrus”, 4.2.22)"
2304 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:196
2306 "“I suppose you understand, men, that pursuing, dealing blows and death, "
2307 "plunder, fame, freedom, power – all these are prizes for the winners; the "
2308 "cowardly, of course, suffer the reverse.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education of "
2312 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:197
2314 "“The man who wants that must be scheming and cunning, wily and deceitful, a "
2315 "thief and a robber, overreaching the enemy at every point.” \\n— Xenophon on"
2316 " how best to gain advantage over the enemy (“The Education of Cyrus”, "
2320 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:198
2322 "“My men have turned into women, and my women into men!” \\n— Xerxes, "
2323 "watching Artemisia ram a ship while most of his fleet suffered the reverse, "
2324 "not knowing that the sunk vessel was his own (Herodotus, “The Histories”, "
2328 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:199
2330 "“For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.” \\n— Zoroaster, founder of "
2331 "the Zoroastrian religion (“Ahunuvaiti Gatha”, yasna 30.9)"