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Haste in every business brings failures.

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If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
HERODOTUS

Fun Himself Men relief Serious
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
HERODOTUS

Falsehood Lying
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
HERODOTUS

God Help Islands Poor
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
HERODOTUS

Appearance Hairs Skin
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HERODOTUS

Change Men Resistance
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.
HERODOTUS

Fortune Luck Men Side
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
HERODOTUS

Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
HERODOTUS

Goodness Slavery
Haste in every business brings failures.
HERODOTUS

Business Failure Haste
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
HERODOTUS

Country Egypt World
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.
HERODOTUS

Action Bold Men Moments Planning
Chances rule men and not men chances.
HERODOTUS

Chance Men Rule
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
HERODOTUS

Eyes Man Music Trust
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
HERODOTUS

Action End Fade Life People Time
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
HERODOTUS

God Greatness Jealous Success
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
HERODOTUS

Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth

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