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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.

Herodotus

If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Body Food Health Soul
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
HERODOTUS

Battle Fight Memories
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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Happiness Humble Life Reality
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
HERODOTUS

Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HERODOTUS

Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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.
HERODOTUS

Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
HERODOTUS

Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result

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