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If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.

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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
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
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
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
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
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

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