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Call no man happy before he dies.

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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
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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Death Father Peace War
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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Better Envy
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
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
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
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
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich

Call no man happy before he dies.

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