Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
HERODOTUS
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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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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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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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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The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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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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