All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
HERODOTUSWe are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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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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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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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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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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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Great things are won by great dangers.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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