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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.

Herodotus

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change Men Resistance
Chances rule men and not men chances.
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Chance Men Rule
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
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 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
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
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
Call no man happy before he dies.
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Death Happiness Himself Men
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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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

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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