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.
HERODOTUSThere is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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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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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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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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The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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