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The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.


Herodotus

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
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HERODOTUS To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
HERODOTUS In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
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HERODOTUS Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
HERODOTUS A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who belie...
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HERODOTUS A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who beli...
HERODOTUS All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
HERODOTUS Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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HERODOTUS It is better to be envied than pitied.
HERODOTUS Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
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HERODOTUS Great things are won by great dangers.
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