One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.

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.

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...

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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.

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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...

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything...

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything...

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...

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

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...

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

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...

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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...

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...

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.