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Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Herodotus

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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Beginning End Together
In soft regions are born soft men.
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Born Life Men
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
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
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
But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Eyes Man Music Trust
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
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Falsehood Lying
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
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Goodness Slavery
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
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History Imagination Movement War
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
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God Greatness Lows
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
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Born Country Hero Law Men Nature
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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Goodness Kings Oneself Rule

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

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