Alcibiades Professions : Statesman Born : 450 BC Died : 404 BC Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Alcibiades As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence. Alcibiades long-distance-relationship missing-you i-miss-you Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made. And we cannot fix the exact point at which our empire shall stop; we have reached a position in which we must not be content with retaining but must scheme to extend it, for, if we cease to rule others, we are in danger of being ruled ourselves. Nor can you look at inaction from the same point of view as others, unless you are prepared to change your habits and make them like theirs. Alcibiades views blow men Similar Authors Andrei Gromyko statesman Anastas Mikoyan statesman Aeschines statesman Harri Holkeri statesman Charles Alexandre de Calonne statesman Cassiodorus statesman All Authors
