As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
HERODOTUSUnless 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.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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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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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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