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
8 "Project-Id-Version: 0 A.D.\n"
9 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-09 07:17+0000\n"
10 "PO-Revision-Date: 2014-06-19 17:48+0000\n"
11 "Language-Team: Luxembourgish (http://app.transifex.com/wildfire-games/0ad/language/lb/)\n"
13 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
14 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
16 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
18 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/AIConfigPage.xml:13
19 msgid "AI Configuration"
22 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/AIConfigPage.xml:29
26 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/AIDescription.js:30
27 msgid "AI will be disabled for this player."
30 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AIBehavior.js:29
34 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AIDifficulty.js:32
38 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AISelection.js:39
43 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/AIConfigPage/Controls/AISelection.js:44
47 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControl.js:142
49 msgctxt "Title for specific setting"
53 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlCheckbox.js:57
57 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlCheckbox.js:60
61 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlDropdown.js:64
62 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingControlSlider.js:84
63 msgctxt "settings value"
67 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingsLayout.js:7
68 msgctxt "Match settings tab name"
72 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingsLayout.js:29
73 msgctxt "Match settings tab name"
77 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/GameSettingsLayout.js:41
78 msgctxt "Match settings tab name"
82 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/AIConfigButton.js:32
84 msgid "Configure AI: %(description)s."
87 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerAssignment.js:135
88 msgid "Select player."
91 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerAssignment.js:222
96 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerAssignment.js:257
100 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerCiv.js:90
101 msgid "Choose the civilization for this player."
104 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerCiv.js:93
105 msgctxt "civilization"
109 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerCiv.js:99
110 msgid "Picks one civilization at random when the game starts."
113 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerColor.js:48
114 msgid "Pick a color."
117 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerTeam.js:47
118 msgid "Select player's team."
121 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/Dropdowns/PlayerTeam.js:50
126 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:6
130 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:10
134 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:14
135 msgid "Player Placement"
138 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:18
142 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/PerPlayer/PlayersPanel.xml:25
146 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Buttons/MapBrowser.js:36
150 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Buttons/MapBrowser.js:39
152 msgid "Press %(hotkey)s to view the list of available maps."
155 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/AlliedView.js:26
159 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/AlliedView.js:30
160 msgid "Toggle allied view (see what your allies see)."
163 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Cheats.js:35
167 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Cheats.js:38
168 msgid "Toggle the usability of cheats."
171 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
174 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/ExploredMap.js:26
178 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
181 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/ExploredMap.js:30
182 msgid "Toggle explored map (see initial map)."
185 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LastManStanding.js:26
186 msgid "Last Man Standing"
189 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LastManStanding.js:29
191 "Toggle whether the last remaining player or the last remaining set of allies"
195 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LockedTeams.js:30
199 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/LockedTeams.js:33
200 msgid "Toggle locked teams."
203 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Nomad.js:25
207 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Nomad.js:28
209 "In Nomad mode, players start with only few units and have to find a suitable"
210 " place to build their city. Ceasefire is recommended."
213 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Rating.js:27
217 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Rating.js:30
218 msgid "Toggle if this game will be rated for the leaderboard."
221 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RegicideGarrison.js:27
222 msgid "Hero Garrison"
225 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RegicideGarrison.js:30
226 msgid "Toggle whether heroes can be garrisoned."
229 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
232 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RevealedMap.js:26
236 #. Translation: Make sure to differentiate between the revealed map and
239 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/RevealedMap.js:30
240 msgid "Toggle revealed map (see everything)."
243 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Spies.js:26
244 msgid "Disable Spies"
247 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Spies.js:29
248 msgid "Disable spies during the game."
251 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Treasures.js:25
252 msgid "Disable Treasures"
255 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/Treasures.js:28
256 msgid "Do not add treasures to the map."
259 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/WorldPopulation.js:25
260 msgid "World Population"
263 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Checkboxes/WorldPopulation.js:28
265 "When checked the Population Cap will be evenly distributed over all living "
269 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:54
273 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:60
274 msgid "Select the flora and fauna."
277 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:63
282 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Biome.js:66
283 msgid "Pick a biome at random."
286 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:57
290 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:60
291 msgid "Select whether the match takes place at daylight or night."
294 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:63
295 msgctxt "daytime selection"
299 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Daytime.js:66
300 msgctxt "daytime selection"
301 msgid "Randomly pick a time of the day."
304 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/GameSpeed.js:61
308 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/GameSpeed.js:64
309 msgid "Select game speed."
312 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:25
313 msgctxt "landscape selection"
317 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:26
318 msgctxt "landscape selection"
319 msgid "Select a random landscape."
322 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:78
326 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/Landscape.js:81
327 msgid "Select one of the landscapes of this map."
330 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapFilter.js:82
334 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapFilter.js:85
335 msgid "Select a map filter."
338 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:26
342 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:141
346 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:144
347 msgid "Select a map to play on."
350 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:150
351 msgctxt "map selection"
355 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSelection.js:153
356 msgid "Pick any of the given maps at random."
359 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSize.js:39
363 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapSize.js:42
364 msgid "Select map size. (Larger sizes may reduce performance.)"
367 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapType.js:65
371 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/MapType.js:68
372 msgid "Select a map type."
375 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PlayerCount.js:33
376 msgid "Number of Players"
379 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PlayerCount.js:36
380 msgid "Select number of players."
383 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:52
384 msgid "Population Cap"
387 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:55
388 msgid "Select population limit."
391 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:58
392 msgctxt "population limit"
396 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/PopulationCap.js:61
399 "Warning: There might be performance issues if all %(players)s players reach "
400 "%(popCap)s population."
403 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:50
404 msgid "Starting Resources"
407 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:53
408 msgid "Select the game's starting resources."
411 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:56
413 msgid "Initial amount of each resource: %(resources)s."
416 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/StartingResources.js:59
417 msgctxt "starting resources"
421 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:53
422 msgid "Team Placement"
425 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:56
426 msgid "Select one of the starting position patterns of this map."
429 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:60
430 msgctxt "team placement"
434 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TeamPlacement.js:61
435 msgctxt "team placement"
436 msgid "Select a random team placement pattern when starting the game."
439 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TriggerDifficulty.js:41
443 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/TriggerDifficulty.js:44
444 msgid "Select the difficulty of this scenario."
447 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WaterLevel.js:43
451 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WaterLevel.js:46
452 msgid "Select the water level of this map."
455 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WorldPopulationCap.js:47
456 msgid "World Population Cap"
459 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WorldPopulationCap.js:50
460 msgid "Select world population limit."
463 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Dropdowns/WorldPopulationCap.js:53
466 "Warning: There might be performance issues if %(popCap)s population is "
470 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:35
474 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:38
475 msgid "Set time where no attacks are possible."
478 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:41
483 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/Ceasefire.js:44
486 msgid "%(minutes)s minute"
487 msgid_plural "%(minutes)s minutes"
491 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicCount.js:38
495 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicCount.js:41
497 msgid "%(number)s relic"
498 msgid_plural "%(number)s relics"
502 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicCount.js:44
504 "Total number of relics spawned on the map. Relic victory is most realistic "
505 "with only one or two relics. With greater numbers, the relics are important "
506 "to capture to receive aura bonuses."
509 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:38
510 msgid "Relic Duration"
513 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:41
514 msgid "Minutes until the player has achieved Relic Victory."
517 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:47
518 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:44
520 msgctxt "victory duration"
521 msgid "%(min)s minute"
522 msgid_plural "%(min)s minutes"
526 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/RelicDuration.js:50
527 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:47
528 msgctxt "victory duration"
529 msgid "Immediate Victory."
532 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/SeaLevelRiseTime.js:38
533 msgid "Sea Level Rise Time"
536 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/SeaLevelRiseTime.js:41
537 msgid "Set the time when the water will start to rise."
540 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/SeaLevelRiseTime.js:44
542 msgctxt "sea level rise time"
543 msgid "%(minutes)s minute"
544 msgid_plural "%(minutes)s minutes"
548 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:38
549 msgid "Wonder Duration"
552 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/GameSettings/Single/Sliders/WonderDuration.js:41
553 msgid "Minutes until the player has achieved Wonder Victory"
556 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CancelButton.js:17
560 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CancelButton.js:20
561 msgid "Return to the lobby."
564 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CancelButton.js:23
565 msgid "Return to the main menu."
568 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/CivInfoButton.js:33
571 "%(hotkey_civinfo)s / %(hotkey_structree)s: View Civilization Overview / Structure Tree\n"
572 "Last opened will be reopened on click."
575 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/LobbyButton.js:19
576 msgid "Show the multiplayer lobby in a dialog window."
579 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:70
583 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:71
587 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:72
588 msgid "I'm not ready!"
591 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:76
592 msgid "State that you are ready to play."
595 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:77
596 msgid "Stay ready even when the game settings change."
599 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ReadyButton.js:78
600 msgid "State that you are not ready to play."
603 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ResetCivsButton.js:29
605 "Reset any civilizations that have been selected to the default (random)."
608 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/ResetTeamsButton.js:29
609 msgid "Reset all teams to the default."
612 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/StartGameButton.js:56
616 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/StartGameButton.js:59
617 msgid "Start a new game with the current settings."
620 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Buttons/StartGameButton.js:62
622 "Start a new game with the current settings (disabled until all players are "
626 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatInputPanel.js:55
628 msgid "Press %(hotkey)s to autocomplete player names or settings."
631 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientChat.js:27
632 msgid "Unknown Player"
635 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientChat.js:47
637 msgid "<%(username)s>"
640 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientChat.js:50
642 msgid "%(username)s %(message)s"
645 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientConnection.js:27
647 msgid "%(username)s has joined"
650 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientConnection.js:30
652 msgid "%(username)s has left"
655 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientKicked.js:22
657 msgid "%(username)s has been kicked"
660 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientKicked.js:25
662 msgid "%(username)s has been banned"
665 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientReady.js:28
667 msgid "* %(username)s is not ready."
670 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/ClientReady.js:29
672 msgid "* %(username)s is ready!"
675 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatMessages/GameSettingsChanged.js:22
676 msgid "Game settings have been changed"
679 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/ChatPanel.xml:9
683 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/StatusMessageFormat.js:24
685 msgid "== %(message)s"
688 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/TimestampWrapper.js:25
690 msgid "%(time)s %(message)s"
693 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/TimestampWrapper.js:28
698 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/Chat/TimestampWrapper.js:31
702 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/GameSettingWarning.js:29
703 msgid "Cheats enabled."
706 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/GameSettingWarning.js:32
710 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/GameSettingsTabs.js:74
712 msgid "Click to toggle the %(name)s settings tab."
715 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/MapPreview.js:27
716 msgid "No selected map"
719 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/MapPreview.js:47
720 msgid "Click to view the list of available maps."
723 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/GameSetupPage/Panels/TipsPanel.xml:10
724 msgid "Show this message in the future."
727 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/LoadingPage/LoadingPage.xml:7
731 #: gui/gamesetup/Pages/LoadingPage/LoadingPage.xml:11
732 msgid "Loading map data. Please wait…"
735 #: gui/gamesetup/gamesetup.xml:17
739 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:59
741 msgid "%(name)s's game"
744 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:123
745 msgid "Please enter a valid server name."
748 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:131
750 msgid "Server port number must be between %(min)s and %(max)s."
753 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:150
754 msgid "Connecting to server..."
757 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:165
758 msgid "Server is not running."
761 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:166
762 msgid "Password is invalid."
765 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:167
766 msgid "You have been banned."
769 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:168
771 "Failed to get local IP of the server (it was assumed to be on the same "
775 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:171
777 msgid "\\[Invalid value %(reason)s]"
780 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:179
781 msgid "Failed to connect to the server."
784 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:181
785 msgid "Connection failed"
788 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:276
789 msgid "Registering with server..."
792 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:282
793 msgid "Game has already started, rejoining..."
796 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:361
797 msgid "Game name already in use."
800 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:376
802 msgid "Cannot host game: %(message)s."
805 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:377 gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:406
806 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:436 gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:451
810 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:405 gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:450
812 msgid "Cannot join game: %(message)s."
815 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js:465
817 msgid "%(playername)s's game"
820 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:18
824 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:24
825 msgid "Joining an existing game."
828 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:28 gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:70
832 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:38
833 msgid "Server Hostname or IP:"
836 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:48 gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:95
840 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:52 gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:99
841 msgid "Leave blank to use the default port."
844 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:65
845 msgid "Set up your server to host."
848 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:83
852 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:112
853 msgid "Server Password:"
856 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:113
857 msgid "Leave blank to not require it."
860 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:128
861 msgid "Use STUN to work around firewalls"
864 #: gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.xml:136
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904 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:1
906 "“Zeus \\[…] established his law: wisdom comes through suffering. \\[…] So "
907 "men against their will learn to practice moderation. \\[…] Such grace is "
908 "harsh and violent.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Agamemnon”, 176–183)"
911 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:2
913 "“She \\[Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction.” \\n— Aeschylus "
917 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:3
919 "“In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he "
920 "cannot trust a friend.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Prometheus Bound”, 224–225)"
923 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:4
925 "“Time in the long run teaches all things.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Prometheus "
929 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:5
931 "“His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.” \\n— Aeschylus (“Seven "
932 "Against Thebes”, 592)"
935 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:6
936 msgid "“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.” \\n— Aeschylus (fragment 383)"
939 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:7
941 "“The gods help those that help themselves.” \\n— Aesop (“Hercules and the "
945 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:8
947 "“It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.” \\n— Aesop (“The"
948 " Ant and the Grasshopper”)"
951 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:9
952 msgid "“Union gives strength.” \\n— Aesop (“The Bundle of Sticks”)"
955 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:10
957 "“Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.” \\n— "
958 "Aesop (“The Fox and the Goat”)"
961 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:11
963 "“Familiarity breeds contempt; acquaintance softens prejudices.” \\n— Aesop "
964 "(“The Fox and the Lion”)"
967 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:12
969 "“Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.” \\n— Aesop (“The Frog and the "
973 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:13
975 "“Slow and steady wins the race.” \\n— Aesop (“The Hare and the Tortoise”)"
978 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:14
980 "“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.” \\n— Aesop "
981 "(“The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox Hunting”)"
984 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:15
986 "“Enemies' promises were made to be broken.” \\n— Aesop (“The Nurse and the "
990 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:16
991 msgid "“Any excuse will serve a tyrant.” \\n— Aesop (“The Wolf and the Lamb”)"
994 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:17
996 "“If I have done anything noble, that is a sufficient memorial; if I have "
997 "not, all the statues in the world will not preserve my memory.” \\n— "
998 "Agesilaus II of Sparta (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartans”, 215a)"
1001 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:18
1003 "“Spartans do not ask how many, only where the enemy are.” \\n— Agis II of "
1004 "Sparta (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartans”, 215d)"
1007 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:19
1009 "“Weep not for me, as I suffer unjustly, I am in a happier situation than my "
1010 "murderers.” \\n— Agis IV of Sparta upon seeing one of his executioners cry "
1011 "(Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Agis”, sec. 20)"
1014 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:20
1016 "“Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.” \\n— Alexander the"
1017 " Great (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 22)"
1020 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:21
1022 "“It is very servile to live in luxury, but very royal to toil. \\[…] Don't "
1023 "you know that the end and object of conquest is to avoid the vices and "
1024 "infirmities of the subdued?” \\n— Alexander the Great (Plutarch, “Parallel "
1025 "Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 40)"
1028 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:22
1030 "“Glorious are the deeds of those who undergo labor and run the risk of "
1031 "danger; and it is delightful to live a life of valor and to die leaving "
1032 "behind immortal glory.” \\n— Alexander the Great, addressing his troops "
1033 "(Arrian, “The Anabasis of Alexander”, 5.26)"
1036 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:23
1038 "“I for one think that to a brave man there is no end to labors except the "
1039 "labors themselves, provided they lead to glorious achievements.” \\n— "
1040 "Alexander the Great, addressing his troops (Arrian, “The Anabasis of "
1044 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:24
1046 "“If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes \\[of Sinope].” \\n— "
1047 "Alexander the Great, impressed by the simplicity of the philosopher he had "
1048 "met (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “On the Fortunes of Alexander the Great”, 332a–b)"
1051 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:25
1053 "“To the strongest!” \\n— Alexander the Great, on his death bed, when asked "
1054 "who should succeed him as king (Arrian, “The Anabasis of Alexander”, 7.26)"
1057 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:26
1059 "“I do not steal victory.” \\n— Alexander the Great, when suggested to raid "
1060 "the Persians at night (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 31)"
1063 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:27
1065 "“Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak "
1066 "and poor, but will be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.” \\n— "
1067 "Anacharsis (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Solon”, sec. 5)"
1070 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:28
1072 "“The agora is an established place for men to cheat one another, and behave "
1073 "covetously.” \\n— Anacharsis, a Scythian philosopher who traveled to Greece "
1074 "(Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, "
1075 "“Anacharsis”, sec. 5)"
1078 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:29
1080 "“It was not by taking care of the fields, but of ourselves, that we acquired"
1081 " those fields.” \\n— Anaxandridas II of Sparta (Plutarch, “Moralia”, "
1082 "“Sayings of Spartans”, 217a)"
1085 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:30
1087 "“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.” "
1088 "\\n— Antisthenes (Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent "
1089 "Philosophers”, “Antisthenes”, sec. 5)"
1092 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:31
1094 "“The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one.” \\n— Archilochus "
1098 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:32
1100 "“Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world.” \\n— Archimedes, on "
1101 "his usage of the lever (Diodorus Siculus, “The Library of History”, "
1102 "fragments of book XXVI, sec. 18)"
1105 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:33
1107 "“It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of "
1108 "building high walls and ships of war.” \\n— Aristophanes (“Birds”)"
1111 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:34
1113 "“It is obligatory, especially for a philosopher, to sacrifice even one's "
1114 "closest personal ties in defense of the truth.” \\n— Aristotle (“Nicomachean"
1115 " Ethics”, I. 1096a.11)"
1118 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:35
1120 "“Happiness depends on leisure; for we are busy to have leisure, and make war"
1121 " to live in peace.” \\n— Aristotle (“Nicomachean Ethics”, X. 1177b.4)"
1124 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:36
1126 "“Man is by nature a political animal.” \\n— Aristotle (“Politics”, I. "
1130 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:37
1132 "“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of"
1133 " their arms.” \\n— Aristotle (“Politics, V. 1311a.11)"
1136 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:38
1138 "“I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what "
1139 "others do only from fear of the law.” \\n— Aristotle (Diogenes Laertius, "
1140 "“The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Aristotle”, sec. 20)"
1143 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:39
1145 "“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his "
1146 "enemies, for the hardest victory is over the self.” \\n— Aristotle "
1147 "(Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 223)"
1150 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:40
1152 "“Alexander himself, plagued by thirst, with great pain and difficulty "
1153 "nevertheless led the army on foot \\[…]. At this time a few of the light-"
1154 "armed soldiers \\[…] found some water \\[…], poured the water into a helmet "
1155 "and carried it to him. He took it, and commending the men who brought it, "
1156 "immediately poured it upon the ground in the sight of all.” \\n— Arrian "
1157 "about Alexander's march through the Gedrosian desert (“The Anabasis of "
1161 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:41
1163 "“Thrusting his spear into Mithridates' face, he \\[Alexander] hurled him to "
1164 "the ground. Then Rhoesaces \\[a Persian] \\[…] struck him on the head with "
1165 "his sword. \\[…] Alexander hurled him too to the ground, piercing with his "
1166 "lance through his breastplate into his chest. Sphithridates \\[a Persian] "
1167 "had already raised his sword against Alexander from behind when Clitus \\[…]"
1168 " cut his arm off.” \\n— Arrian about the Battle of the Granicus (“The "
1169 "Anabasis of Alexander”, 1.15)"
1172 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:42
1174 "“Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must"
1175 " not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or retreat out of cowardice.” \\n—"
1176 " Aspasia (Plato, “Menexenus”, 246b)"
1179 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:43
1181 "“Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!” \\n— Augustus, after three "
1182 "legions were annihilated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Suetonius, "
1183 "“Divus Augustus”, sec. 23)"
1186 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:44
1188 "“In my nineteenth year, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised"
1189 " an army with which I liberated the state, which was oppressed by the "
1190 "tyranny of a faction.” \\n— Augustus, in his autobiography (“Res Gestae Divi"
1191 " Augusti”, sec. 1)"
1194 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:45
1196 "“Wars, both civil and foreign, I waged throughout the world, on sea and "
1197 "land, and when victorious I spared all citizens who sued for pardon. The "
1198 "foreign nations which could with safety be pardoned I preferred to save "
1199 "rather than to destroy.” \\n— Augustus, in his autobiography (“Res Gestae "
1200 "Divi Augusti”, sec. 3)"
1203 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:46
1205 "“Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have "
1206 "adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.” \\n— Bias of Priene "
1207 "(Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, "
1211 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:47
1213 "“How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if "
1214 "baldness were a cure for sorrow.” \\n— Bion of Borysthenes (Cicero, "
1215 "“Tusculan Disputations”, III. 26)"
1218 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:48
1220 "“He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.” \\n— Bion of "
1221 "Borysthenes, referring to a wealthy miser (Diogenes Laertius, “The Lives and"
1222 " Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Bion”, sec. 50)"
1225 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:49
1227 "“Woe to the Defeated!” \\n— Brennus, Gaulish chieftain who had seized Rome "
1228 "(with the exception of a garrison on Capitoline Hill). When Camillus arrived"
1229 " from Veii and besieged him, he negotiated his withdrawal for 1000 pounds of"
1230 " gold, but not without using false weights and adding the weight of his "
1231 "sword on the scale when the Romans complained (Polybius, “Histories”, II. "
1235 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:50
1237 "“Robbery, slaughter, plunder, they \\[the Romans] deceivingly name empire; "
1238 "they make a wasteland and call it peace.” \\n— Calgacus, Caledonian "
1239 "chieftain in a speech before the Battle of Mons Graupius (Tacitus, "
1243 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:51
1244 msgid "“Set a thief to catch a thief.” \\n— Callimachus (“Epigrams”, 44)"
1247 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:52
1249 "“All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule "
1250 "us.” \\n— Cato the Elder (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Romans”, 198e)"
1253 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:53
1255 "“The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.” \\n— Cato the Elder "
1256 "(Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Romans”, 198f)"
1259 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:54
1261 "“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.” \\n— Cato the "
1262 "Elder (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Cato the Elder”, sec. 9)"
1265 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:55
1267 "“Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.” \\n— Cato the "
1268 "Elder, who ended all speeches in his later life with this statement "
1269 "(Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Cato the Elder”, sec. 27)"
1272 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:56
1274 "“We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a"
1275 " razor's edge.” \\n— Corinthian epitaph to their fallen of the Persian Wars "
1276 "(Plutarch, “Moralia”, “On the Malice of Herodotus”, 870e)"
1279 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:57
1281 "“Then the blood really flowed, for the two lines were so close that shield "
1282 "struck against shield, and they drove their swords into each other's faces. "
1283 "It was impossible for the weak or cowardly to retreat; man to man they "
1284 "fought like in single combat.” \\n— Curtius Rufus about the Battle of Issus "
1285 "(“Histories of Alexander the Great”, III. 11.5)"
1288 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:58
1290 "“I am Cyrus, who won for the Persians their empire. Therefore do not "
1291 "begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.” \\n— Cyrus the Great's "
1292 "epitaph (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 69)"
1295 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:59
1297 "“I am Darius, the great king, king of kings, the king of Persia, the king of"
1298 " countries, \\[…] 23 lands in total.” \\n— Darius I (Behistun inscription, "
1302 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:60
1304 "“Phraortes was captured and brought before me. I cut off his nose, his ears,"
1305 " and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in chains at my "
1306 "palace entrance, and all the people saw him. Then I crucified him in "
1307 "Ecbatana; and the men who were his foremost followers \\[…] I flayed and "
1308 "hung out their skins, stuffed with straw.” \\n— Darius I (Behistun "
1309 "inscription, column II, 32)"
1312 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:61
1314 "“By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.” \\n— Democritus "
1318 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:62
1320 "“It is hard to be governed by one's inferior.” \\n— Democritus (fragment)"
1323 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:63
1325 "“Physical strength is only noble in cattle, it is strength of character that"
1326 " is noble in men.” \\n— Democritus (fragment)"
1329 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:64
1331 "“It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and "
1332 "treachery.” \\n— Demosthenes, in one of his many speeches against the rising"
1333 " Philip II of Macedon (“Olynthiac II”, 10)"
1336 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:65
1338 "“Delivery, delivery, delivery.” \\n— Demosthenes, when asked what were the "
1339 "three most important elements of rhetoric (Cicero, “De Oratore”, 3.213)"
1342 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:66
1344 "“The Macedonians first raised an unearthly shout followed by the Persians "
1345 "answering, so that the whole hillside bordering the battlefield echoed back "
1346 "the sound, and that second roar was louder than the Macedonian war cry as "
1347 "five hundred thousand men shouted with one voice.” \\n— Diodorus Siculus "
1348 "about the Battle of Issus (“The Library of History”, XVII., sec. 33)"
1351 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:67
1353 "“Brasidas, taking his stand on the gangway, fought off from there the "
1354 "multitude of Athenians who converged upon him. And at the outset he slew "
1355 "many as they came at him, but after a while, as numerous missiles assailed "
1356 "him, he suffered many wounds on the front of his body.” \\n— Diodorus "
1357 "Siculus, on a brave Spartan at the Battle of Pylos (“The Library of "
1358 "History”, XXII., sec. 62)"
1361 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:68
1363 "“Plato had defined man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was "
1364 "applauded. Diogenes \\[of Sinope] plucked a fowl and brought it into the "
1365 "lecture-room with the words: Here is Plato's man. In consequence of which "
1366 "there was added to the definition: having broad nails.” \\n— Diogenes "
1367 "Laertius (“The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Diogenes”, sec."
1371 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:69
1373 "“I am a citizen of the world.” \\n— Diogenes of Sinope (Diogenes Laertius, "
1374 "“The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”, “Diogenes”, sec. 63)"
1377 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:70
1379 "“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.” "
1380 "\\n— Diogenes of Sinope (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 51)"
1383 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:71
1385 "“Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.” \\n— Diogenes of Sinope to "
1386 "Alexander the Great, who asked if he could help in in any way (Plutarch, "
1387 "“Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 14)"
1390 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:72
1392 "“The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself "
1393 "so.” \\n— Ennius (“Annales”, fragment 31.493)"
1396 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:73
1398 "“Stranger, go tell the Spartans that we lie here, obedient to their laws.” "
1399 "\\n— Epitaph at Thermopylae for Leonidas and his men (Herodotus, “The "
1400 "Histories”, VII. 228)"
1403 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:74
1405 "“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.” \\n— Euripides "
1406 "(“Iphigenia in Tauris”)"
1409 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:75
1411 "“Brave men are made bolder by ordeals, but cowards achieve nothing.” \\n— "
1412 "Euripides (“Iphigenia in Tauris”)"
1415 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:76
1417 "“Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.” \\n— "
1418 "Euripides (“Meleager”)"
1421 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:77
1423 "“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.” \\n— Euripides "
1427 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:78
1429 "“Return with your shield, or on it.” \\n— Farewell of Spartan women to their"
1430 " warriors, implying that cowards would throw away their shield in battle to "
1431 "flee (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartan Women”, 241f)"
1434 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:79
1436 "“I came, I saw, I conquered.” \\n— Caesar, after routing Pharnaces II of "
1437 "Pontus in the first assault (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Caesar”, sec. 50)"
1440 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:80
1442 "“Men willingly believe what they wish.” \\n— Caesar (“De Bello Gallico”, "
1446 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:81
1448 "“It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry "
1449 "looking.” \\n— Caesar (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Antony”, sec. 11)"
1452 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:82
1454 "“After fighting from noon almost to sunset, with victory doubtful, the "
1455 "Germans, on one side charged the enemy in a compact body, and drove them "
1456 "back; and, when they were put to flight, the archers were surrounded and cut"
1457 " to pieces.” \\n— Caesar about the Battle of Alesia (“De Bello Gallico”, "
1461 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:83
1463 "“All the centurions of the fourth cohort were slain, and the standard-bearer"
1464 " killed, the standard itself lost, almost all the centurions of the other "
1465 "cohorts either wounded or slain, and among them the chief centurion of the "
1466 "legion, Publius Sextius Baculus, a very valiant man, who was so exhausted by"
1467 " many and severe wounds, that he was already unable to support himself.” "
1468 "\\n— Caesar about the Battle of the Sabis (“De Bello Gallico”, II. 25)"
1471 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:84
1473 "“But the enemy \\[…] displayed such great courage, that when the front rank "
1474 "had fallen the men behind them stood on them and continue the fight from on "
1475 "top of the corpses; when these were killed the pile of bodies grew higher, "
1476 "while the survivors used the heap as a vantage point for throwing missiles "
1477 "at our men, or catching our spears and throwing them back.” \\n— Caesar "
1478 "about the Battle of the Sabis (“De Bello Gallico”, II. 27)"
1481 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:85
1483 "“The die is cast.” \\n— Caesar, when crossing the Rubicon river with his "
1484 "legion into Italy, a capital offense that led to his civil war against "
1485 "Pompey (Suetonius, “The Lives of the Twelve Caesars”, 32)"
1488 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:86
1490 "“I'd rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome.” \\n— Caesar,"
1491 " when passing through a barbarian village in the Alps (Plutarch, “Parallel "
1492 "Lives”, “Caesar”, sec. 11)"
1495 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:87
1497 "“Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!” \\n— Pompey (Plutarch, “Parallel "
1498 "Lives”, “Pompey”, sec. 10)"
1501 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:88
1503 "“If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.” \\n— "
1504 "Hammurabi (Hammurabi's Code, sec. 196)"
1507 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:89
1509 "“I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians "
1510 "against Rome.” \\n— Hannibal (Polybius, “Histories”, III. 85)"
1513 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:90
1515 "“Let us now end the anxiety of the Romans, who can't wait for the death of "
1516 "an old man.” \\n— Hannibal's last words before his suicide, in exile with "
1517 "Flaminius pressuring the local ruler to hand him over (Livy, “History of "
1521 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:91
1523 "“Most inhuman and most arrogant of nations, they \\[the Romans] reckon the "
1524 "world as theirs and subject to their pleasure. With whom we are to be at "
1525 "war, with whom at peace, they think it right that they should determine.” "
1526 "\\n— Hannibal, addressing his troops (Livy, “History of Rome”, XXI. 44)"
1529 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:92
1531 "“You must be brave and discard all hopes of anything but victory or death.” "
1532 "\\n— Hannibal, addressing his troops (Livy, “History of Rome”, XXI. 44)"
1535 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:93
1537 "“War is the father and king of all things: some he has made gods, and some "
1538 "men; some slaves and some free.” \\n— Heraclitus (Hippolytus, “The "
1539 "Refutation of all Heresies”, IX. 4)"
1542 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:94
1544 "“You could not step twice into the same river.” \\n— Heraclitus (Plato, "
1548 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:95
1550 "“It is better to be envied than to be pitied.” \\n— Herodotus (“The "
1551 "Histories”, III. 52)"
1554 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:96
1556 "“In soft regions are born soft men.” \\n— Herodotus (“The Histories”, IX. "
1560 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:97
1562 "“This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.”"
1563 " \\n— Herodotus (“The Histories”, IX. 16)"
1566 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:98
1568 "“Although he \\[Xerxes] had plenty of troops he had few men.” \\n— Herodotus"
1569 " (“The Histories”, VII. 210)"
1572 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:99
1574 "“The Lacedaemonians \\[Spartans] fought a memorable battle; they made it "
1575 "quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against "
1576 "amateurs.” \\n— Herodotus (“The Histories”, VII. 211)"
1579 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:100
1581 "“Being informed \\[…] that when the Barbarians discharged their arrows they "
1582 "obscured the light of the sun by the multitude of the arrows, he "
1583 "\\[Dieneces] \\[…] said that their guest \\[…] brought them very good news, "
1584 "for if the Medes obscured the light of the sun, the battle against them "
1585 "would be in the shade and not in the sun.” \\n— Herodotus describing "
1586 "Dieneces, reputedly the bravest Spartan soldier at Thermopylae (Polybius, "
1587 "“Histories”, VII. 226)"
1590 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:101
1592 "“The judgment given to Croesus by each of the two oracles \\[Delphi and "
1593 "Thebes] was the same: If he sent an army against the Persians, he would "
1594 "destroy a great empire.” \\n— Herodotus, later mentioning that the empire "
1595 "Croesus destroyed was his own (“The Histories”, I. 53)"
1598 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:102
1600 "“He \\[King Darius] asked who the Athenians were, and, being informed, "
1601 "called for his bow, and placing an arrow on the string, shot upward into the"
1602 " sky, saying, as he let fly the shaft: Grant me, Zeus, to revenge myself on "
1603 "the Athenians!” \\n— Herodotus, narrating how the Athenian support for the "
1604 "Ionian revolt caught the wrath of Darius I, the Persian king (“The "
1605 "Histories”, V. 105)"
1608 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:103
1610 "“He \\[King Darius] asked one of his servants every day, when his dinner was"
1611 " spread, three times to repeat to him: Master, remember the Athenians!” \\n—"
1612 " Herodotus, narrating how the Athenian support for the Ionian revolt lead to"
1613 " the Persian Wars (“The Histories”, V. 105)"
1616 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:104
1618 "“Conquered Greece took captive her savage conqueror and brought her arts "
1619 "into rustic Latium.” \\n— Horace (“Epistles”, epistle I., 156–157)"
1622 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:105
1624 "“Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control "
1625 "you.” \\n— Horace (“Epistles”, epistle II., 62)"
1628 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:106
1630 "“It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.” \\n— Horace "
1631 "(“Epistles”, epistle XVIII., 84)"
1634 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:107
1636 "“It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country.” \\n— Horace (“Odes”, "
1637 "III., ode II., 13)"
1640 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:108
1641 msgid "“I am Cyrus, king of the world…” \\n— Inscription (Cyrus Cylinder)"
1644 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:109
1646 "“In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their "
1647 "sons.” \\n— Croesus, king of Lydia (Herodotus, “The Histories”, I. 87)"
1650 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:110
1652 "“Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he"
1653 " who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes "
1654 "punishment as deserved becomes respectable.”\\n— Kauṭilya (“Arthashastra”, "
1658 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:111
1660 "“If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.”\\n— "
1661 "Kauṭilya (“Arthashastra” I.19.1)"
1664 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:112
1666 "“Marry a good man, and bear good children.” \\n— Leonidas, to his wife who "
1667 "asked what to do if he died, before he left for Thermopylae (Plutarch, "
1668 "“Moralia”, “Sayings of Spartans”, 225a)"
1671 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:113
1673 "“Come and get them!” \\n— Leonidas, to the Persian messenger who demanded "
1674 "that he and his men lay down their arms (Plutarch, “Moralia”, “Sayings of "
1678 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:114
1680 "“Some were discovered lying there alive, with thighs and tendons slashed, "
1681 "baring their necks and throats and bidding their conquerors drain the "
1682 "remnant of their blood. Others were found with their heads buried in holes "
1683 "dug in the ground. They had apparently made these pits for themselves.” \\n—"
1684 " Livy, describing the aftermath of the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal "
1685 "inflicted the greatest defeat on the Romans in all their history (“History "
1686 "of Rome”, XXII. 51)"
1689 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:115
1691 "“There lay thousands upon thousands of Romans \\[…]. Here and there amidst "
1692 "the slain rose a gory figure whose wounds had begun to throb with the chill "
1693 "of dawn, and was cut down by his enemies.” \\n— Livy, describing the "
1694 "aftermath of the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal inflicted the greatest "
1695 "defeat on the Romans in all their history (“History of Rome”, XXII. 51)"
1698 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:116
1700 "“A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick.” \\n— "
1701 "Lycurgus of Sparta (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Lycurgus”, sec. 19)"
1704 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:117
1706 "“Escape, yes, but this time with my hands, not my feet.” \\n— Brutus, before"
1707 " committing suicide after losing a battle against Caesar's avengers "
1708 "(Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Brutus”, sec. 52)"
1711 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:118
1712 msgid "“O, the times, O, the customs!” \\n— Cicero (“Against Catiline”, I.)"
1715 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:119
1717 "“A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its "
1718 "honor or its safety.” \\n— Cicero (“De Re Publica”, III., 23)"
1721 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:120
1723 "“The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of "
1724 "truth.” \\n— Cicero (“On Duties”, I., 13)"
1727 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:121
1729 "“No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.” \\n— "
1730 "Cicero (“On Old Age”, sec. 24)"
1733 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:122
1735 "“Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.” \\n— Cicero (“On the "
1736 "Laws”, III., sec. 3)"
1739 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:123
1741 "“Endless money forms the sinews of war.” \\n— Cicero (“Philippics”, V., sec."
1745 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:124
1747 "“Laws are silent in time of war.” \\n— Cicero (“Pro Milone”, IV., sec. 11)"
1750 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:125
1752 "“That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from "
1753 "murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!” \\n— Cicero, "
1754 "condemning Mark Anthony who had not killed him (yet) (“Philippics”, II., "
1758 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:126
1760 "“He did not even stand up to review his fleet when the ships were already at"
1761 " their fighting stations, but lay on his back and gazed up at the sky, never"
1762 " rising to show that he was alive until Marcus Agrippa had routed the "
1763 "enemy.” \\n— Mark Antony, taunting Augustus who delegated his duties as "
1764 "naval commander (Suetonius, “Divus Augustus”, sec. 16)"
1767 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:127
1769 "“We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.” \\n— Menander (“Lady of "
1770 "Andros”, fragment 50)"
1773 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:128
1774 msgid "“The man who runs may fight again.” \\n— Menander (“Monosticha”)"
1777 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:129
1779 "“Whom the Gods love dies young.” \\n— Menander (“The Double Deceiver”, "
1783 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:130
1784 msgid "“I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.” \\n— Menander (fragment 545 K)"
1787 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:131
1789 "“The greatest glory is won from the greatest dangers. When our fathers faced"
1790 " the Persians their resources could not compare to ours. In fact, they gave "
1791 "up even what they had. Then by wise counsels and daring deeds, not fortune "
1792 "and material advantages, they drove out the invaders and made our city what "
1793 "it is now.” \\n— Pericles (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, "
1797 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:132
1799 "“Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action,"
1800 " we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.” \\n— "
1801 "Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of"
1802 " the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. 40.2)"
1805 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:133
1807 "“We alone do not think that a man ignorant of politics interferes with "
1808 "nothing, we think he is good for nothing.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral "
1809 "Oration for Athenians that died in the first year of the war (Thucydides, "
1810 "“History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. 40.2)"
1813 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:134
1815 "“Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.” \\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. 41.5)"
1820 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:135
1822 "“When you realize the power of Athens, consider it was won by valiant men "
1823 "who knew their duty, had a sense of dishonor in fight and, if their "
1824 "enterprises failed, would rather give their lives than lack in civic "
1825 "virtue.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in the"
1826 " first year of the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, II. "
1830 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:136
1832 "“To heroes all earth is their tomb, and their virtues are remembered far "
1833 "from home where an epitaph declares them, in an unwritten record of the mind"
1834 " that will outlast any monument.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral Oration for "
1835 "Athenians that died in the first year of the war (Thucydides, “History of "
1836 "the Peloponnesian War”, II. 43.3)"
1839 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:137
1841 "“Understand that happiness depends on freedom, and freedom depends on "
1842 "courage.” \\n— Pericles in his Funeral Oration for Athenians that died in "
1843 "the first year of the war (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, "
1847 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:138
1849 "“Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, time.” \\n— Pericles, a cautious "
1850 "politician who avoided war (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Pericles”, sec. 18)"
1853 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:139
1855 "“Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is"
1856 " certainly dangerous to let it go.” \\n— Pericles, addressing the Athenian "
1857 "assembly after a plague had weakened the city (Thucydides, “History of the "
1858 "Peloponnesian War”, II. 63.3)"
1861 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:140
1863 "“War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced man"
1864 " fears its approach in his heart.” \\n— Pindar (fragment 110)"
1867 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:141
1869 "“Themistocles robbed his fellow citizens of spear and shield, and degraded "
1870 "the people of Athens to the rowing-pad and the oar.” \\n— Plato, no friend "
1871 "of the Athenian navy (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, sec. 3)"
1874 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:142
1876 "“No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a "
1877 "nuisance after three days.” \\n— Plautus (“The Swaggering Soldier”, Act III,"
1881 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:143
1883 "“You cannot eat your cake and have it too, unless you think your money is "
1884 "immortal.”\\n— Plautus (“Trinummus”, Act II, scene 4, 13–14)"
1887 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:144
1889 "“He \\[Alexander] thought nothing invincible for the courageous, and nothing"
1890 " secure for the cowardly.” \\n— Plutarch (“Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, "
1894 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:145
1896 "“One \\[…] shot an arrow at him with such accuracy and force that it pierced"
1897 " his breastplate and got stuck in his ribs. \\[…] Alexander recoiled and "
1898 "sank to his knees. \\[…] At last Alexander killed the barbarian. But he "
1899 "received many wounds, at last was struck on the neck with a mace, and leaned"
1900 " against the city wall, his eyes still fixed upon his foes.” \\n— Plutarch "
1901 "about the Mallian Campaign (“Parallel Lives”, “Alexander”, sec. 63)"
1904 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:146
1906 "“When the pirates demanded a ransom of twenty talents for him, Caesar burst "
1907 "out laughing. They did not know, he said, who it was that they had captured,"
1908 " and he volunteered to pay fifty.” \\n— Plutarch, who mentions later that "
1909 "Caesar got his money back and had his captors crucified (“Parallel Lives”, "
1913 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:147
1915 "“They \\[the Romans] want the centurions not so much to be adventurous and "
1916 "daredevils, as to be natural leaders, of a steady and reliable spirit. They "
1917 "do not so much want men who will initiate attacks and open the battle, but "
1918 "men who will hold their ground when beaten and hard-pressed, and will be "
1919 "ready to die at their posts.” \\n— Polybius (“Histories”, VI. 24)"
1922 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:148
1924 "“The Roman battle line is hard to break, since it allows every man to fight "
1925 "both individually and collectively; so that a formation can fight in any "
1926 "direction, with the maniples nearest to the point of danger wheeling around "
1927 "to face it.” \\n— Polybius (“Histories”, XV. 15)"
1930 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:149
1932 "“The Athenian people are always in the position of a ship without a "
1933 "commander. Fear of the enemy or a storm make the crew be of one mind and "
1934 "obey the helmsman, everything goes well; but if they recover \\[…] they "
1935 "quarrel with each other \\[…], and the result has often been that, after "
1936 "escaping the dangers of the widest seas and the most violent storms, they "
1937 "wreck their ship in harbor and close to shore.” \\n— Polybius on the "
1938 "Athenian constitution (“Histories”, VI. 44)"
1941 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:150
1943 "“Most of the Romans were trampled to death by the enormous weight of the "
1944 "elephants; the rest were shot down in their ranks by the numerous cavalry: "
1945 "and there were only a very few who attempted to save themselves by flight.” "
1946 "\\n— Polybius on the Battle of Bagradas where a Roman army was annihilated "
1947 "during the First Punic War (“Histories”, I. 34)"
1950 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:151
1952 "“Hannibal gave the signal for attack; and at the same time sent orders to "
1953 "the troops lying in ambush on the hills to do the same, and thus delivered "
1954 "an assault upon the enemy at every point at once.” \\n— Polybius on the "
1955 "beginning of a Roman disaster at the Trasymene Lake (“Histories”, III. 84)"
1958 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:152
1960 "“In the phalanx, the men cannot turn around singly and defend themselves: "
1961 "this tribune, therefore, charged them \\[from behind] and killed all he "
1962 "could get at; until, unable to resist, they were forced to throw away their "
1963 "shields and flee.” \\n— Polybius, describing the defeat of Philip V. of "
1964 "Macedon by Flaminius in the Battle of Cynoscephalae (“Histories”, XVIII. 26)"
1967 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:153
1969 "“The Roman order on the other hand is flexible: for every Roman, once armed "
1970 "and on the field, is equally well equipped for every place, time, or "
1971 "appearance of the enemy. He is, moreover, quite ready and needs to make no "
1972 "change, whether he is required to fight in the main body, or in a "
1973 "detachment, or in a single maniple, or even by himself.” \\n— Polybius, "
1974 "explaining how the Romans can defeat the Macedonian phalanx (“Histories”, "
1978 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:154
1980 "“Scipio \\[Aemilianus], when he looked upon the city \\[Carthage] as it was "
1981 "utterly perishing and in the last throes of its complete destruction, is "
1982 "said to have shed tears and wept openly for his enemies. And realized that "
1983 "all cities, nations, and authorities must, like men, meet their doom.” \\n— "
1984 "Polybius, eyewitness to the destruction of Carthage (“Histories”, XXXVIII. "
1988 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:155
1990 "“One more such victory and the cause is lost!” \\n— Pyrrhus of Epirus after "
1991 "the Battle of Asculum, in which the Romans lost twice as many men but he "
1992 "lost a greater share of his armed forces (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, "
1993 "“Pyrrhus”, sec. 21)"
1996 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:156
1998 "“None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.” \\n— "
1999 "Pythagoras (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 18)"
2002 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:157
2004 "“Do not say few things in many words, but many things in few words.” \\n— "
2005 "Pythagoras (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 24)"
2008 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:158
2010 "“Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent.” \\n— Pythagoras "
2011 "(Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 24)"
2014 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:159
2016 "“Unity strengthens even small states, while discord undermines the mightiest"
2017 " empires.” \\n— Sallust (“The Jugurthine War”, 10.6)"
2020 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:160
2022 "“Ungrateful fatherland, you will not even have my bones!” \\n— Scipio "
2023 "Africanus in his epitaph, after he who defeated Hannibal was repeatedly "
2024 "accused of crimes by the Roman Senate (Valerius Maximus, “Nine books on "
2025 "memorable deeds and sayings”, 5.3.2)"
2028 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:161
2030 "“Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.” \\n— Scipio"
2031 " Africanus, replying to Hannibal's offer of peace terms before the Battle of"
2032 " Zama (Livy, “History of Rome”, XXX. 31)"
2035 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:162
2037 "“But tactical science is only one part of generalship. A general must be "
2038 "capable of equipping his forces and providing for his men. He must also be "
2039 "inventive, hardworking, and watchful, bullheaded and brilliant, friendly and"
2040 " fierce, straightforward and subtle.” \\n— Socrates (Xenophon, "
2041 "“Memorabilia”, 3.1.6)"
2044 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:163
2046 "“It is necessary to know the strength of the city and of the enemy, so that,"
2047 " if the city is stronger, one may recommend her to go to war, but if weaker "
2048 "than the enemy, may persuade her to beware.” \\n— Socrates (Xenophon, "
2049 "“Memorabilia”, 3.6.9)"
2052 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:164
2054 "“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates, in his defense when "
2055 "trialled for corrupting the youth and not worshipping the proper gods (he "
2056 "later drank hemlock after the death sentence) \\n— Plato (“Apology”, 38a)"
2059 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:165
2061 "“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to die, and you "
2062 "to live. Which is better God only knows.” Socrates, in his defense when "
2063 "trialled for corrupting the youth and not worshipping the proper gods (he "
2064 "later drank hemlock after the death sentence) \\n— Plato (“Apology”, 42a)"
2067 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:166
2069 "“Walls and ships are nothing without men living together inside them.” \\n— "
2070 "Sophocles (“Oedipus Rex”)"
2073 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:167
2075 "“We accepted an empire that was offered to us and refused to give it up "
2076 "under the pressure of three of the strongest motives: fear, honor and "
2077 "interest. It was not we who set the example, for it has always been the law "
2078 "that the weak should be subject to the strong.” \\n— Speech of an Athenian "
2079 "embassy in Sparta (Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, I. 76.2)"
2082 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:168
2084 "“He could boast that he found a city of brick and left it a city of "
2085 "marble.”\\n— Suetonius, commenting on the many building projects of Augustus"
2086 " in Rome (“Divus Augustus”, 28.3)"
2089 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:169
2090 msgid "“Moderation in all things.” \\n— Terence (“The Girl from Andros”, 61)"
2093 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:170
2095 "“Fortune favors the bold.” \\n— Terence in a play about a great Athenian "
2096 "admiral (“Phormio”, 203)"
2099 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:171
2101 "“I do not know how to tune the lyre or play the harp, but I do know how to "
2102 "raise a city that was small and unimportant to glory and greatness.” \\n— "
2103 "Themistocles, defending his lack of cultural sophistication (Plutarch, "
2104 "“Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, sec. 2)"
2107 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:172
2109 "“Strike, if you will, but listen.” \\n— Themistocles, in a heated discussion"
2110 " with the Spartan fleet commander who threatened to beat him with his staff,"
2111 " before the Battle of Salamis (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, "
2115 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:173
2117 "“The Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your "
2118 "mother commands me, and you command your mother.” \\n— Themistocles, "
2119 "jokingly to his infant son (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Themistocles”, sec."
2123 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:174
2125 "“So little pains does the mob take in finding out the truth, accepting "
2126 "readily the first story at hand.” \\n— Thucydides (“History of the "
2127 "Peloponnesian War”, I. 21.3)"
2130 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:175
2132 "“The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this caused in "
2133 "Sparta, made war inevitable.” \\n— Thucydides (“History of the Peloponnesian"
2137 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:176
2139 "“War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.” \\n— Thucydides (“History"
2140 " of the Peloponnesian War”, I. 83.2)"
2143 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:177
2145 "“It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat "
2146 "them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.” \\n— Thucydides "
2147 "(“History of the Peloponnesian War”, III. 39.5)"
2150 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:178
2152 "“This was the greatest action that happened in all this war, and all others "
2153 "that we have heard of amongst the Greeks, being to the victors most glorious"
2154 " and most calamitous to the vanquished. For they were utterly and at all "
2155 "points defeated, and their sufferings were many. Army and fleet and all they"
2156 " ever had perished, nothing was saved and few of so many ever returned home."
2157 " Thus ended the Sicilian expedition.” \\n— Thucydides (“History of the "
2158 "Peloponnesian War”, VII. 87.6–7)"
2161 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:179
2163 "“As the world goes, justice is only a matter between equals, while the "
2164 "strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” \\n— "
2165 "Thucydides, describing Athenians addressing the defeated Melians who are "
2166 "unwilling to surrender (“History of the Peloponnesian War”, V. 89.1)"
2169 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:180
2171 "“When the Lacedaemonians were no longer able to run after them, the "
2172 "skirmishers \\[…] all charged them at once, casting stones, arrows, and "
2173 "darts to the closest man at hand.” \\n— Thucydides, describing the Spartan "
2174 "disaster at the Battle of Sphacteria (“History of the Peloponnesian War”, "
2178 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:181
2180 "“The wild beasts of Italy have their caves to retire to, but the brave "
2181 "veterans who spilled their blood in her cause have nothing left but air and "
2182 "light. They wander around homeless with their wives and children.”\\n— "
2183 "Tiberius Gracchus, advocating for land reform to the benefit of homeless and"
2184 " unemployed veterans whose lands had often been bought up while they were on"
2185 " campaign. (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Tiberius Gracchus”, 9.4–5)"
2188 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:182
2190 "“The soldiers fight and die to support others in wealth and luxury and they "
2191 "are called masters of the world without owning a single piece of farmland of"
2192 " their own.”\\n— Tiberius Gracchus, advocating for land reform to the "
2193 "benefit of homeless and unemployed veterans whose lands had often been "
2194 "bought up while they were on campaign. (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, "
2195 "“Tiberius Gracchus”, 9.5)"
2198 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:183
2200 "“Do not trust the horse, Trojans! I fear the Greeks even when they bring "
2201 "gifts.” \\n— Virgil (“Aeneid”, II. 48–49)"
2204 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:184
2205 msgid "“Prepared for either alternative.” \\n— Virgil (“Aeneid”, II. 61)"
2208 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:185
2210 "“Homer and Hesiod ascribed to their Gods all things that are a disgrace "
2211 "among mortals: stealing, adultery, deceiving one another.” \\n— Xenophanes "
2215 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:186
2217 "“If oxen and horses and lions had hands, and could paint, and produce works "
2218 "of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses, and "
2219 "oxen like oxen, and make their God's bodies each in their own image.” \\n— "
2220 "Xenophanes (fragment 15)"
2223 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:187
2225 "“The Ethiopians make their gods black and snub-nosed, the Thracians say "
2226 "theirs have blue eyes and red hair.” \\n— Xenophanes (fragment 16)"
2229 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:188
2231 "“These are the right questions to ask, in winter around the fire \\[…]: Who "
2232 "are you, friend? What is your land? And how old were you when the Medes "
2233 "\\[Persians] came?” \\n— Xenophanes, likely referring to a punitive "
2234 "expedition against Greek cities in Ionia (fragment 17)"
2237 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:189
2239 "“A prudent commander will never take risks unnecessarily, except when it is "
2240 "clear beforehand that he will have the advantage.” \\n— Xenophon (“The "
2241 "Cavalry General”, 4.13)"
2244 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:190
2246 "“Attack the enemy where he is weakest, even if that is a long way off, since"
2247 " hard work is less dangerous than a struggle against superior forces.” \\n— "
2248 "Xenophon (“The Cavalry General”, sec. 4.14)"
2251 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:191
2253 "“He should be inventive, ready to exploit all circumstances, to make a small"
2254 " force appear large and a large one small, to appear absent when close at "
2255 "hand, and within striking distance when a long way off.” \\n— Xenophon (“The"
2256 " Cavalry General”, sec. 5)"
2259 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:192
2261 "“People are glad to obey the man whom they believe to be wiser than "
2262 "themselves in pursuing their interests.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education of "
2266 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:193
2268 "“In his campaigns during summer the general must show that he can endure the"
2269 " sun better than the soldiers, in winter he must show he can endure cold "
2270 "better; and throughout all difficulties that he can endure hardships better."
2271 " This will help to make him loved by his men.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education"
2272 " of Cyrus”, 1.6.25)"
2275 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:194
2277 "“Battles are decided more by the morale of men than their physical "
2278 "strength.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education of Cyrus”, 3.3.20)"
2281 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:195
2283 "“Let's not give them enough time to arrange a defense, or to even recognize "
2284 "that we are human beings! We've got to appear to them like an uncontrollable"
2285 " nightmare of shields, swords, battle-axes and spears!” \\n— Xenophon (“The "
2286 "Education of Cyrus”, 4.2.22)"
2289 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:196
2291 "“I suppose you understand, men, that pursuing, dealing blows and death, "
2292 "plunder, fame, freedom, power – all these are prizes for the winners; the "
2293 "cowardly, of course, suffer the reverse.” \\n— Xenophon (“The Education of "
2297 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:197
2299 "“The man who wants that must be scheming and cunning, wily and deceitful, a "
2300 "thief and a robber, overreaching the enemy at every point.” \\n— Xenophon on"
2301 " how best to gain advantage over the enemy (“The Education of Cyrus”, "
2305 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:198
2307 "“My men have turned into women, and my women into men!” \\n— Xerxes, "
2308 "watching Artemisia ram a ship while most of his fleet suffered the reverse, "
2309 "not knowing that the sunk vessel was his own (Herodotus, “The Histories”, "
2313 #: gui/text/quotes.txt:199
2315 "“For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.” \\n— Zoroaster, founder of "
2316 "the Zoroastrian religion (“Ahunuvaiti Gatha”, yasna 30.9)"