Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HERODOTUSA multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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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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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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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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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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