Some 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.
HerodotusWe have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
HerodotusFor of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.
HerodotusThe Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of steam-smoke that no Greek vapor bath can surpass it. The Scythians howl with joy in these vapor-baths, which serve them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water.
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