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
HERODOTUSUnless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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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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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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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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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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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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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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