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Great things are won by great dangers.

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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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
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
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
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
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
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friendship Material Value
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
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
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

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