If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
HERODOTUSCivil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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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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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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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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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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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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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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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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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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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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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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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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If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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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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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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