Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
HERODOTUSOf all possessions a friend is the most precious.
More Herodotus Quotes
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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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 secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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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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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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