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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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The destiny of man is in his own soul.

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The gods love to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

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The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

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I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

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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.

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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