Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Quote by Herodotus

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It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as...

It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as...

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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

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

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

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

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at...

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at...

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

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

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...

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are...

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are...

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

In soft regions are born soft men.

In soft regions are born soft men.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of...

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of...

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of...

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of...

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of...

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of...

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and...

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and...

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.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.