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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

Herodotus

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
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
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
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
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Absence Envy Failure Secret Success
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
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Country Egypt World
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
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
The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
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Battle Fight Memories
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying

Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

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