Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HERODOTUSI am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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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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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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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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