Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
HERODOTUSOne 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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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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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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In soft regions are born soft men.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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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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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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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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Haste in every business brings failures.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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