Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HERODOTUSCall no man happy before he dies.
More Herodotus Quotes
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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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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Haste in every business brings failures.
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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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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 wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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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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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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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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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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