The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
HERODOTUSGood masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
More Herodotus Quotes
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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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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The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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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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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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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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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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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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