In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
HERODOTUSThe most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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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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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In soft regions are born soft men.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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My men have become women, but the women men.
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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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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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