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Misattributed quotes — Herodotus

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

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

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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.

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Call no man happy till he dies.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Herodotus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.