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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Herodotus

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
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Action End Fade Life People Time
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
My men have become women, but the women men.
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Courage Men Women
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design Give Up Goal Happiness Inspirational Moments
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
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
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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Dream Incident Rise
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
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Change Fortunate Human Men Rule
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust

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