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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.

Herodotus

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 most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
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
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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God Greatness Jealous Success
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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Death Happy Men
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 the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
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
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
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 period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
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Age Chilren Education
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Forever History Time
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women

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