We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
HERODOTUSForce has no place where there is need of skill.
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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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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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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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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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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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All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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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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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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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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