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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Herodotus
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Herodotus
Great
deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Herodotus
The destiny of man
is in his own soul
Herodotus
How much better a thing it is to be envied
than to be pitied.
Herodotus
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom
of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
[The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]
Herodotus
All men's gains are
the fruit of venturing.
Herodotus
In soft regions are born soft men.
Herodotus
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached
the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the
last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
Herodotus
A man
calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then
by him who believes it.
Herodotus
The worst part a man can suffer is
to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Herodotus
- It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we antipicate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
- Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
- Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
- The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
- Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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