If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

Quote by Herodotus

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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...

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

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

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...

Great things are won by great dangers.

Great things are won by great dangers.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

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.

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...

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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

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

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...

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,...

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

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...

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...

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.

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

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