The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
HERODOTUSVery 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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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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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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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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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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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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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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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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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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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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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