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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Herodotus

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
HERODOTUS

Believe Bound Cases Myself
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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Action Bold Men Moments Planning
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
HERODOTUS

God Greatness Lows
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
HERODOTUS

Goodness Slavery
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
HERODOTUS

Death Life Refuge
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
HERODOTUS

Character Envy Human Kind Nature
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
HERODOTUS

Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
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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Himself Men Politics Rule
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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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
HERODOTUS

Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
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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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
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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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
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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Country Egypt World
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

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