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Herodotus: Call no man happy till you know the end of his life. Till then, at most, he can…

Call no man happy till you know the end of his life. Till then, at most, he can only be counted fortunate.

In today’s wordsCall no one happy until you know how his life ended. Until then, at most, he can only be called fortunate.

HerodotusCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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