Of all menâ€™s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

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Bitterest Know So much Control over

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It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

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Better Noble Risk Evils

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If a man insisted on always 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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Man insisted Being serious Relaxation Go mad

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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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Men trust Ears Eyes

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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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Give up Designs Goal Victory

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After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.

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No one Stupid Prefer War

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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

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Mankind Troubles Market Exchanging them

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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event

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Hateful grief Human Have knowledge Truth

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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.

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Saddest aspect Life Happiness Wish dead

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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

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Worst pain Insight Power

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Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.

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Happiness Fame Riches Inspire posterity

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In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

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In peace Children Parent War violates

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Force has no place where there is need of skill

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Force Place Need Skill

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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks

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Greet deeds Risk

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No one is so senseless as to choose of his own will war rather than peace, since in peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.

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Senseless Choose War Peace

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Now stop your dancing; you wouldn't come out and dance when I played to you.

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Now stop Dancing Come out Played to

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Now it happened that this Candaules was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest woman in the whole world. This fancy had strange consequences.

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Happened In love Wife Fairest woman

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I shall therefore discourse equally of both, convinced that human happiness never continues long in one stay.

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Discourse equally Human happiness Continues long

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

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How much Better Envied Pitied

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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

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Many exceedingly Rich men Unhappy

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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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Illness strike Men Exposed Change

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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

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Never Yet feared Men Cheat

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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

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Planned badly Fortune Stroke Luck

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One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.

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Look End Everything God

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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

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Whatever come God Impossible Turn back

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But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

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Like Great success Jealous The gods

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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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God Suffer presumption Anyone

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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

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Men's fortune Wheel Turning suffers Prosper forever

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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

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Remember Clothes Woman Puts off

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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

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Civil strife Greater evil War itself Worse

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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

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One thing Alone Many ways Freedom

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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

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Death Delightful Hiding place

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

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Ears Men Lesser agents Belief

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The destiny of man is in his own soul.

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Destiny Man Own soul

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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

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Men's gain Fruit Venturing

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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

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Put Proposition Men After examination

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

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Most hateful Human misfortune Wise man Influence

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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

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Best man Plans Fears Reflects

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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

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Woman Removes Garment Respect

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

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Knowledge Give weight Accomplishment People

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It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.

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Impossible Someone Human

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

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Only good Knowledge Evil Ignorance

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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

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In peace Sons Bury War

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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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All possessions Friend Most precious

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"44 Herodotus Quotes & Sayings

Of all menâ€™s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Herodotus

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Herodotus

Herodotus

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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

After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus

But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

Herodotus

The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event

Herodotus

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

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Herodotus

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.

Herodotus

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Herodotus

Force has no place where there is need of skill

Herodotus

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks

Herodotus

No one is so senseless as to choose of his own will war rather than peace, since in peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus

Now stop your dancing; you wouldn't come out and dance when I played to you.

Herodotus

Now it happened that this Candaules was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest woman in the whole world. This fancy had strange consequences.

Herodotus

I shall therefore discourse equally of both, convinced that human happiness never continues long in one stay.

Herodotus

Herodotus

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

Herodotus

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Herodotus

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

Herodotus

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

Herodotus

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.

Herodotus

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Herodotus

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Herodotus

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

Herodotus

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

Herodotus

Herodotus

Herodotus

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Herodotus

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Herodotus

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

Herodotus

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Herodotus

Herodotus

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

Herodotus

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

Herodotus

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

Herodotus

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

Herodotus

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

Herodotus