There is nothing more foolish than to believe that one man c... - Herodotus

"There is nothing more foolish than to believe that one man can be the master of the world."

Herodotus Philosophy

Historian Ancient Greece 484–425

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"In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons"

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"Sometimes I wonder if the world is worth saving."

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