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My men have become women, but the women men.

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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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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God Help Islands Poor
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success

My men have become women, but the women men.

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