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A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.

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Thucydides

Thucydides (c. 460 B.C. - c. 395 B.C.) was a Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 B.C

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    إن الأمة التي تفرّق فرقًا كبيرًا بين علماءها ومحاربيها ستفعل من قبل الجبناء وتفكيرها من قبل الحمقى.

    Eine Nation, die einen zu großen Unterschied zwischen ihren Gelehrten und ihren Kriegern macht, wird von Feiglingen denken und von Narren kämpfen lassen.

    ένα έθνος που έχει πολύ μεγάλη διαφορά μεταξύ των μελετητών του και των πολεμιστών του, θα έχει τη σκέψη του από δειλούς και τις μάχες του από ανόητους.

    Una nación que marca una diferencia demasiado amplia entre sus eruditos y sus guerreros tendrá su pensamiento hecho por cobardes y su lucha por tontos.

    ملتی که بین دانشمندان و جنگجویانش تفاوت بسیار متفاوتی را بوجود میآورد، تفکر خود را از طریق بزهکاری و مبارزه با احمقها انجام خواهد داد.

    une nation qui établit une trop grande différence entre ses savants et ses guerriers verra sa pensée faite par des lâches, et son combat fait par des imbéciles.

    en nasjon som trekker for bred forskjell mellom sine lærde og sine krigere, vil få sin tankegang gjort av feige, og dens bekjempelse utført av dårer.

    w narodzie, który zanadto rozróżnia swoich uczonych od wojowników, za myślenie będą odpowiadać tchórze, a za walkę będą odpowiadać głupcy.

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