The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
HERODOTUSGood masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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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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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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