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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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...

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Great things are won by great dangers.

Great things are won by great dangers.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

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

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

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and...

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and...

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same...

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same...

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

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

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

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...

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half...

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half...

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.

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...

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...