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

Quote by Herodotus

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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 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.

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.

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...

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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...

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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 gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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...

In soft regions are born soft men.

In soft regions are born soft men.