In soft regions are born soft men.
HERODOTUSOf all possessions a friend is the most precious.
More Herodotus Quotes
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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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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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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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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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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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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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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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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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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