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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Herodotus

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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Divine God Impossible Men People
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself 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
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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

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