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.
HERODOTUSI am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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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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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.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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