Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
HERODOTUSGod does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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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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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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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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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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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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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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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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