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

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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
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
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Believe Bound Cases Myself
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
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
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
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
Haste in every business brings failures.
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Business Failure Haste
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
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
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill

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