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Herodotus
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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 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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“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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