They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking.
HerodotusIf anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he thought best, he would inevitablyโafter careful considerations of their relative meritsโchoose that of his own country. Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best.
HerodotusIn peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
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