Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
HERODOTUSWhere wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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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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Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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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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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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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 man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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