Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
HERODOTUSHe 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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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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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.
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
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Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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