The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
HERODOTUSGod does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
More Herodotus Quotes
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In soft regions are born soft men.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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 clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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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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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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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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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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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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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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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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