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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.

Herodotus

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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
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 most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Alone Ships Wall
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
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
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials

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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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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