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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.

Herodotus

The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
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
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
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

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