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Persians Quotes by Herodotus
- If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of…
- They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine…
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- Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no… — Alexander the Great
- According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his… — Jeff Cooper
- O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the… — Cyrus the Great
- If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day… — Herodotus
- Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past… — Arrian
- We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober. — Mary Renault
- They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this… — Herodotus
- Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon. — Robert Graves
- MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians… — Ambrose Bierce
- It became clear when I got in my car that Persians are only really good for two things. Oil and hummus. — Chelsea Handler
- Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother Jove?… — Herman Melville
- The Germans form one of the most important branches of the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race - a division of the human family… — Bayard Taylor