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- Haste in every business brings failures.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
- Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
- Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), Inscription, New York City Post Office, adapted from Herodotus
- Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
- The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
- This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
- In soft regions are born soft men.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
- There are two sides to every question.
- Protagoras (485 BC - 421 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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