Quotes by Herodotus

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to...

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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

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

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Great things are won by great dangers.

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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and...

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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war...

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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are...

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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

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