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.
HERODOTUSCall no man happy before he dies.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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In soft regions are born soft men.
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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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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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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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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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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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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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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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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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