Great things are won by great dangers.

Quote by Herodotus

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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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...

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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,...

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

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...

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...

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....

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...

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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...

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...