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A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.
Herodotus
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus
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All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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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 hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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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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For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.
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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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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances.
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