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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

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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
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
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 Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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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Courage Men Women
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
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning

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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