A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
HERODOTUSWhere even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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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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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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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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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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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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Haste in every business brings failures.
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