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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1781 |
| AUTHOR: | Herodotus (484?–425? B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HERODOTUS, Herodotus, trans. A. D. Godley, vol. 2, book 3, paragraph 40, pp. 53, 55 (1928). Excerpt from a letter from Amasis to Polycrates. |
| SUBJECTS: | Success |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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