Best quotes by Herodotus on Man

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  • 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 it.
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  • The destiny of man is in his own soul.
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  • Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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  • Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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  • The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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  • 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 action is bold.
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  • A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
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  • 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 one nonetheless.
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