The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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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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The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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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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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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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 the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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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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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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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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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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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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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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