Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
HERODOTUSThe king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.
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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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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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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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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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We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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Chances rule men and not men chances.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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