But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
HERODOTUSAll men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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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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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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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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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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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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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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