The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
HERODOTUSLove of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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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If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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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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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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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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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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