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.
HERODOTUSThe 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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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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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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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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 most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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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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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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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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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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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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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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