In soft regions are born soft men.
HERODOTUSCivil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
More Herodotus Quotes
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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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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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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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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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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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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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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