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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

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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.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
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
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
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
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
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
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.
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Decision Necessary Opinion Opportunity View

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