It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
HERODOTUSGreat deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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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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Great things are won by great dangers.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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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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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 period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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