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.
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.
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Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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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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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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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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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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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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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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Call no man happy before he dies.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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