Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
HERODOTUSChances rule men and not men chances.
More Herodotus Quotes
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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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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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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