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“Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.”

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Hesiod, an ancient Greek poet, whose birth and death dates are unknown. He is an important figure in Greek literature, known for his epic works 'Works and Days' and 'Theogony'. more

“If 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 inevitably—after careful considerations of their relative merits—choose 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.”

Ifs World Believe Country Matter Opportunity Belief Given Nations Careful Merit Being The Best Native Consideration Exception Customs Relative Cultural Relativism

Author:Herodotus

“But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.”

Ifs Knows Ideas Home Would Be Seeing Trouble Mankind Neighbor Glad Exchanging

Author:Herodotus

“Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.”

People Action Fades Inquiry

Author:Herodotus

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