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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

Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless 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
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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 king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
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
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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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

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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