It 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.
HERODOTUSCall no man happy before he dies.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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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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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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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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One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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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.
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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 woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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