Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
HERODOTUSCircumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
More Herodotus Quotes
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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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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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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The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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