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.
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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In soft regions are born soft men.
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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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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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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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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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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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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.
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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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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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