All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
HERODOTUSThe ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
More Herodotus Quotes
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It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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