I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
HERODOTUSIt is better to be envied than pitied.
More Herodotus Quotes
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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 period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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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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My men have become women, but the women men.
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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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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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