Chances rule men and not men chances.
HERODOTUSIllness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
More Herodotus Quotes
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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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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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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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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.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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