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Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus
About Author: Greek historian & traveler (484 BC - 430 BC)
Quotes:Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
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.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Haste in every business brings failures.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.
This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.
In soft regions are born soft men.
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