God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
HERODOTUSEnvy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
More Herodotus Quotes
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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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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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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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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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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