Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
HERODOTUSGreat deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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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.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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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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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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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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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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