How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
HERODOTUSIt is better to be envied than pitied.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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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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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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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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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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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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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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It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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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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