As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

Quote by Herodotus

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over...

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over...

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had...

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had...

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out....

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out....

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man...

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man...

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the...

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the...

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to...

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to...

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have...

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have...