Great things are won by great dangers.
HERODOTUSForce has no place where there is need of skill.
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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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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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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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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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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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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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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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