The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
HERODOTUSIf one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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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 worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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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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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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 worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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