The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
HERODOTUSAs 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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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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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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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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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 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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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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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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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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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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