Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
HERODOTUSBefore a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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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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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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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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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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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