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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Civil 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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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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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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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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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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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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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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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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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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