There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
From Herodotus
Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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