“Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.”
Herodotus
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“The god loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.”
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“I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.”
Herodotus
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“Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.”
Herodotus
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“Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.”
Herodotus
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“Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.”
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“Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.”
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“But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.”
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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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“Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.”
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“Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.”
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“The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.”
Herodotus
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“In soft regions are born soft men.”
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“All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.”
Herodotus
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“How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.”
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“The destiny of man is in his own soul”
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“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.”
Herodotus
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