It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Quote by Herodotus

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

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

Great things are won by great dangers.

Great things are won by great dangers.

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

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

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.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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...

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

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

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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...

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

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...

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...

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

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...

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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...

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...

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.

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

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