Quotes by Herodotus

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

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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had...

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

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

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The destiny of man is in his own soul.

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Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out....

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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have...

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