As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
HERODOTUSBut 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.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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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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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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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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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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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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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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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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