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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.

Herodotus

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless 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
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
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
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
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
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
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See

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