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Neither snow, nor rain, nor he...

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers
from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Herodotos 142 quotes

How much better a thing it is ...

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

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Very few things happen at the ...

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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Some men give up their designs...

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.

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Death is a delightful hiding p...

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

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In peace, sons bury their fath...

In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. -Herodotus.

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If a man insisted always on be...

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.

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Those who are skilled in arche...

Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis

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The Andrians were the first of...

The Andrians were the first of the islanders to refuse Themistocles' demand for money. He had put it to them that they would be unable to avoid paying, because the Athenians had the support of two powerful deities, one called Persuasion and the other Compulsion.The Andrians had replied that Athens was lucky to have two such useful gods, who were obviously responsible for her wealth and greatness; unfortunately, they themselves, in their small & inadequate land, had two utterly useless deities, who refused to leave the

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In peace sons bury fathers, bu...

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

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A real friend ... exults in hi...

A real friend ... exults in his friendВ's happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

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If you have two loaves of brea...

If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.

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Far better it is to have a sto...

Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

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the Egyptians were the first t...

the Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them

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A multitude of rulers is not a...

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

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The Scythians take kannabis se...

The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of steam-smoke that no Greek vapor bath can surpass it. The Scythians howl with joy in these vapor-baths, which serve them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water.

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All of life is action and pass...

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

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The ears of men are lesser age...

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

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The Lacedaemonians fought a me...

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

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In soft regions are born soft ...

In soft regions are born soft men.

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