Chances rule men and not men chances.
HERODOTUSLove of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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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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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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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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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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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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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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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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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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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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