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History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.

Herodotus

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
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
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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Action Deep Life Passion Philosophy Risk Time
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
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
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
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Appearance Hairs Skin
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
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Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
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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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner

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