But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy. - Herodotus
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
- 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 we… - 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 we…
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place. - Herodotus
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event. - Herodotus
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
Haste in every business brings failures. - Herodotus
Haste in every business brings failures.
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence. - Herodotus
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
Calumny is a monstrous vice: for, where parties indulge in it, there are always two that are actively engaged in doing wrong, and one who is subject … - Herodotus
Calumny is a monstrous vice: for, where parties indulge in it, there are always two that are actively engaged in doing wrong, and one who is subject …
Men trust their ears less than their eyes. - Herodotus
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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 … - Herodotus
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 …
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