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.
HERODOTUSIt [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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One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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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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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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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Great things are won by great dangers.
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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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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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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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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.
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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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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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