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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.

Herodotus

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Effort Evil Philosophy War
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
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
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
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
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk

How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.

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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.

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