The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
HERODOTUSIf 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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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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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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If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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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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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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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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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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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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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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