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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
- Herodotus
#Effort
#Evil
#Peace
#War
#Worse
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
- Herodotus
#Human
#Influence
#Man
#Wise Man
#Wise
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
- Herodotus
#Better
#Fear
#Half
#Happen
#Noble
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
- Herodotus
#Clothes
#Her
#Modesty
#Remember
#Woman
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
- Herodotus
#Fun
#Go
#Man
#Never
#Serious
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
- Herodotus
#Advice
#Good Advice
#Good
#Intelligence
Great things are won by great dangers.
- Herodotus
#Great Things
#Great
#Things
#Won
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
- Herodotus
#Back
#God
#Impossible
#Man
#Whatever
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
- Herodotus
#Alone
#Equality
#Freedom
#Good
#Speech
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
#Design
#Men
#Moment
#Others
#Victory
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
- Herodotus
#Death
#Delightful
#Hiding
#Men
#Place
#Weary
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
- Herodotus
#Change
#Exposed
#Illness
#Men
#Strikes
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
- Herodotus
#Foolish
#Mob
#More
#Nothing
#Useless
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
- Herodotus
#Believe
#Case
#I Am
#Tell
#Truth
In soft regions are born soft men.
- Herodotus
#Born
#Men
#Regions
#Soft
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
- Herodotus
#Rest
#Right
#Things Happen
#Time
#Will
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
- Herodotus
#Fruit
#Gains
#Men
#Success
#Venturing
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
- Herodotus
#Better
#How Much
#How
#Than
#Thing
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
- Herodotus
#Force
#Need
#Place
#Skill
#Strength
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
- Herodotus
#Ears
#Eyes
#Less
#Men
#Trust
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
- Herodotus
#Control
#Know
#Men
#Nothing
#Over
The destiny of man is in his own soul.
- Herodotus
#Brainy
#Destiny
#Man
#Own
#Soul
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
- Herodotus
#Bury
#Fathers
#Peace
#Sons
#War
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
- Herodotus
#Circumstances
#Men
#Rule
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
- Herodotus
#Knowledge
#More
#People
#See
#Weight
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
- Herodotus
#Evil
#Good
#Ignorance
#Knowledge
#Only
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
- Herodotus
#Great
#Jealous
#Jealousy
#Know
#Success
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
- Herodotus
#Friend
#Friendship
#Most
#Precious
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
- Herodotus
#Chance
#Deeds
#Great
#Risks
#Wrought
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