In soft regions are born soft men.
HERODOTUSThe most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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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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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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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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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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 is better to be envied than pitied.
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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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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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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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