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Call no man happy before he dies.

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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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Greatness Human Kings Power
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
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Evil Fear Heart Suffering
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering

Call no man happy before he dies.

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