Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they… — Thucydides
Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.
In the original Greek
ἡγούμεθα γὰρ τό τε θεῖον δόξῃ τὸ ἀνθρώπειόν τε σαφῶς διὰ παντὸς ὑπὸ φύσεως ἀναγκαίας
History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC
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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.