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Thucydides
460 – 400 BC · Athenian General, Historian
Thucydides commanded an Athenian fleet, lost a battle, was exiled for twenty years, and used that exile to write the most brutally honest account of war ever recorded. His History of the Peloponnesian War hasn't aged a day.
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DTH-XI-0021“Someone I trusted betrayed me and I can't stop bleeding.”DTH-XII-0026“I keep wondering what my kids will actually have of me.”APX-IV-0035“I finished the thing I was certain I'd abandon halfway through.”APX-V-0022“I took the heat so my team could do their best work, and they delivered.”DTH-XII-0027“I held my grandchild and felt my own legacy become real.”APX-IV-0062“I finally charged what I'm actually worth and didn't apologize for the number.”APX-IV-0068“I won big and I'm refusing to feel guilty about being proud of it.”APX-IV-0076“I asked for the raise I deserved and held the number through the silence.”DTH-X-0069“I watched the sun come up and felt, for once, that I had enough time.”DTH-XI-0057“I got to say a real goodbye, and it changed everything about the grief.”VER-XIII-0058“I unfollowed everything that made me feel behind, and the envy just stopped.”VER-XV-0083“I checked the facts before the outrage and the story fell apart in my hands.”