"We had absolute consciousness that it was a historic moment... No struggle for what you believe in is ever futile."

"You deceive your countrymen with words, in dissuading them from war, since under the name of peace you are bringing u…"

"As to supposing that I am emulous of , you are mistaken; for he, with the support of all Greece, hardly took one city…"

"It was his habit to appear at all times with a well-groomed body and a cheerful countenance, but on the day after tha…"

"When the Spartans accused the Thebans of a long list of serious offences, he retorted, "These Thebans, however, have …"

"When somebody reported that the Athenians had sent an army, decked out with novel equipment, into the Pelopennese, he…"

"Learning that his shield-bearer had received a great deal of money from a man who had been taken captive in the war, …"

"His indifference to money was put to the proof by Diomedon of Cyzicus; for he, at the request of , had undertaken to …"

"Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, "How ca…"

"He was so frugal in his manner of living that once, when he was invited to dinner by a neighbour, and found there an …"