Force has no place where there is need of skill.
HERODOTUSWhere wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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 I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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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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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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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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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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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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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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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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