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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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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
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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Battle Fight Memories
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
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

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