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Haste in every business brings failures.

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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
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
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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Country Goodness Human Philosophy Togetherness
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
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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Destiny Event Grief Knowledge Truth
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
Great things are won by great dangers.
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Danger Greatness Inspirational One Liner
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
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