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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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...

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

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

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

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

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

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...

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,...

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.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

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.

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,...

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

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.

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...

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

In soft regions are born soft men.

In soft regions are born soft men.

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...