How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
HERODOTUSCall no man happy before he dies.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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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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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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