Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
HERODOTUSHappiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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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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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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