Herodotus Quotes
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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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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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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
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Some men 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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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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It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
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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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But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods.
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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
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Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances.
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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
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But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.