Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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HerodotusHerodotus The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
HerodotusHerodotus But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
HerodotusHerodotus In soft regions are born soft men.
HerodotusHerodotus 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.
HerodotusHerodotus 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.
HerodotusHerodotus But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
HerodotusHerodotus I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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