But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
HERODOTUSHaste in every business brings failures.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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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 worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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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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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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