The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
HERODOTUSForce has no place where there is need of skill.
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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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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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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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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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