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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.
HerodotusHerodotus All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
HerodotusHerodotus Force has no place where there is need of skill.
HerodotusHerodotus When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
HerodotusHerodotus Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HerodotusHerodotus There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
HerodotusHerodotus The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
HerodotusHerodotus We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
HerodotusHerodotus Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HerodotusHerodotus The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
HerodotusHerodotus 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.
HerodotusHerodotus My men have become women, but the women men.
HerodotusHerodotus The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
HerodotusHerodotus We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
HerodotusHerodotus The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
HerodotusHerodotus If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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