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Break Quote by 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.” quote by Herodotus — Download Open image

“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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