I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
From Herodotus
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.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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