A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
HERODOTUSCircumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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Haste in every business brings failures.
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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