Great things are won by great dangers.
HERODOTUSWhen life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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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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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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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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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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