Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HERODOTUSThese ‘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.
More Herodotus Quotes
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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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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In soft regions are born soft men.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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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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Great things are won by great dangers.
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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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