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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Herodotus

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Business Inspirational Men Result
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
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.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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