The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
HERODOTUSThe sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
HERODOTUSCall no man happy before he dies.
HERODOTUSWhere wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
HERODOTUSHow 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.
HERODOTUSThose who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
HERODOTUSI know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
HERODOTUSWhere even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
HERODOTUSGreat deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
HERODOTUSIt [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
HERODOTUSThe king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
HERODOTUSBefore a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
HERODOTUSIt is better to be envied than pitied.
HERODOTUSIllness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HERODOTUSAs the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
HERODOTUSIt 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.
HERODOTUSThe most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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