It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
HERODOTUSHow much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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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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Great things are won by great dangers.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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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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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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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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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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It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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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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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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