We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
HERODOTUSAs the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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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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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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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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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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