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“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects.”
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“It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
“People would rather believe than know.”
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“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.”
― Selected Works
― Selected Works
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