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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

Herodotus

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Bidding Choice Men Nation World
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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
These ‘messengers’ will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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Accomplishment Best Distance Night Rain
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
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

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