The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
HERODOTUSGreat things are won by great dangers.
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It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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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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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing 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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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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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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