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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

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
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Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
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
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
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Force Little Wisdom
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Character Clothes Modesty Remember
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
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
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time

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