Force has no place where there is need of skill.
HERODOTUSCircumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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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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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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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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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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My men have become women, but the women men.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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 worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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