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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

Herodotus

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
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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Inspirational Possible Time
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
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Break Cheating Fear Men Place
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
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Happiness Human Philosophy Remain
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
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Act Knowledge Men Pain Worst
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
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Action Bold Men Moments Planning

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