Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
HERODOTUSIn peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
More Herodotus Quotes
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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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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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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