All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
HERODOTUSThe ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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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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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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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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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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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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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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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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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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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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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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