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"Men trust their ears less than their eyes."
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HerodotusIn soft regions are born soft men. — Herodotus
"In soft regions are born soft men."
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Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred o
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"When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge."
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