In soft regions are born soft men.
HERODOTUSThese ‘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.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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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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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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But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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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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