Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HERODOTUSGod does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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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.
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The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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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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I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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