A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
HERODOTUSThe gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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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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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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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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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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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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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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