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His Quotes by 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…
- 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…
- The destiny of man is in his own soul.
- Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever…
More His Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
- I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each… — Antonin Artaud
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle