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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.

Herodotus

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
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Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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Convinced Nature See
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
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Ourselves Shine War
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Chance Circumstances Men Philosophy
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
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
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 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
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Force Military Need Skill
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
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
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Ears Eye Trust
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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God Greatness Love
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
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

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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