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Herodotus Quotes
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
Herodotus

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Historian Quotes
Category:
Greek Historian Quotes
Year of Birth:
484 BC
Year of Death:
409 BC
Nationality:
Greek
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