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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.

Herodotus

All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
HERODOTUS

Business Inspirational Men Result
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.
HERODOTUS

Fun Himself Men relief Serious
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.
HERODOTUS

Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
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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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
HERODOTUS

Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
HERODOTUS

Ourselves Shine War
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
HERODOTUS

Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
HERODOTUS

Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials

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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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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